Kirin 820 vs Kirin 810

We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 820 (with Mali-G57 MP6 graphics) and Kirin 810 (Mali-G52 MP6). 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 820
  • Performs 38% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score – 610K vs 565K
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 810
  • Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 31.78 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Kirin 820 +8%
610097
565851
CPU 251791 237193
GPU 86005 62117
Memory 129622 136030
UX 142679 130511
Total score 610097 565851
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Kirin 820 +5%
836
797
Multi-Core Score
Kirin 820 +16%
2458
2120
Asset compression 130.6 MB/sec 100.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 53.6 pages/sec 50.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 86 Mpixels/sec 71.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 44.6 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
HDR 76.2 Mpixels/sec 63.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.31 images/sec 6.51 images/sec
Photo processing 22.4 images/sec 20.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.76 Mpixels/sec 2.93 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 2 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Kirin 820 +5%
2839
2693
Background blur 4.31 images/sec 4.17 images/sec
Face detection 2.11 images/sec 2.46 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 8.71 Gpixels/sec 8.71 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 527.6 FPS 296.2 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 2 tests 2 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 382
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
n/a
8096
Web score - 5842
Video editing score - 5734
Data manipulation score - 7440
Photo editing score - 15184
Writing score - 9275
Phones tested - Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Low]
30 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 41 FPS
[Ultra]
41 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]
29 FPS
[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends - 43 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 48 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 33 FPS
[Medium]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Huawei Honor X10
1080 x 2400
Huawei Honor 9X
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
HiSilicon Kirin 820
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (Mohammad El PHANTOM)AnTuTu 11610097
πŸ“˜ 2024-03-22 (Hexo)Geekbench 6 GPU2263
πŸ“˜ 2024-03-22 (Hexo)Geekbench 6 CPU836 / 2458
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-14 (Florin)Geekbench 6 CPU828 / 2475
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-14 (Florin)Geekbench 6 GPU2839
HiSilicon Kirin 810
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-02 (ΠœΡƒΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρƒ)AnTuTu 11565851
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (Shane Trollip)AnTuTu 11572016
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-09 (SAMJF1)AnTuTu 11551097
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-28 (temp001)AnTuTu 11542939
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-26 (Dimon)AnTuTu 11575909

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 820 and Kirin 810

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2360 MHz 2270 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 1 MB
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 6.9 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G57 MP6 Mali-G52 MP6
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 850 MHz 820 MHz
Pipelines 6 6
Shading units 32 24
Total shaders 192 144
FLOPS 326.4 Gigaflops 236.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 31.78 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3360 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced March 2020 June 2019
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number - Hi6280
Official page - HiSilicon Kirin 810 official site
Successor - - HiSilicon Kirin 820

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