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
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
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 benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 510762 | 242876 |
| GPU | 139259 | 105675 |
| Memory | 243962 | 131001 |
| UX | 252155 | 203191 |
| Total score | 1146138 | 682743 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| 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)
| 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
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 504 | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-09 (vjjj) | GeekBench GPU | 2672 |
| ๐ 2026-09-09 (hu) | GeekBench CPU | 1204 / 4209 |
| ๐ 2026-04-11 (yang) | AnTuTu | 1156650 |
| ๐ 2026-04-09 (่กไธๅฎ) | AnTuTu | 1146138 |
| ๐ 2026-03-26 (diesel532) | AnTuTu | 1003667 |
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 8020 and Kirin 8000ACPU
| 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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