Kirin 8020 vs Kirin 8000A

We compared the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 8020 (Maleoon 920) with the newer 6-core Kirin 8000A (Mali-G610 MP4) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8020
  • Performs 94% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 68%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 1146K vs 682K
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Kirin 8020 +68%
1146138
682743
CPU 510762 242876
GPU 139259 105675
Memory 243962 131001
UX 252155 203191
Total score 1146138 682743
Samples [6 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Kirin 8020 +54%
1389
Multi-Core Score
Kirin 8020 +70%
4125
Asset compression 155.7 MB/sec 110.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 101.3 pages/sec 55.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 117.6 Mpixels/sec 79.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 60.2 images/sec 48 images/sec
HDR 95.4 Mpixels/sec 75.5 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 8.47 images/sec
Photo processing 34.7 images/sec 21.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.78 Mpixels/sec 3.01 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests -
Compute Score (GPU)
2393
Background blur 3.66 images/sec 3.36 images/sec
Face detection 1.76 images/sec 1.87 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.7 Gpixels/sec 5.15 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 299.5 FPS 362.4 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples Less than 3 -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 504 -
Graphics test 4 FPS -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-09 (vjjj)GeekBench GPU2672
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-09 (hu)GeekBench CPU1204 / 4209
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-11 (yang)AnTuTu1156650
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-09 (่ƒกไธ€ๅฎ)AnTuTu1146138
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-26 (diesel532)AnTuTu1003667
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 8020 and Kirin 8000A

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.285 GHz โ€“
3x 2.05 GHz โ€“
4x 1.3 GHz โ€“
3x 2.2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A77
3x 1.84 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2285 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Manufacturing SMIC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 920 Mali-G610 MP4
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 840 MHz 864 MHz
Pipelines 4 4
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 1024 256
FLOPS 860.2 Gigaflops 442.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Balong
5G support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2025 March 2026
Class Mid range Mid range

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