Kirin 9020 vs Kirin 8000
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020 (with Maleoon 920 graphics) and Kirin 8000 (Mali-G610 MP4). 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 9020
- Performs 3.9x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 71%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1383K vs 808K
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8000
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 484142 | 269523 |
| GPU | 269177 | 112296 |
| Memory | 340806 | 211603 |
| UX | 289668 | 215236 |
| Total score | 1383793 | 808658 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | [13 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 169.6 MB/sec | 129.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 129.9 pages/sec | 58.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 126.6 Mpixels/sec | 87.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 85.1 images/sec | 49.9 images/sec |
| HDR | 118.5 Mpixels/sec | 77.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14.7 images/sec | 7.98 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 43.4 images/sec | 23.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.21 Mpixels/sec | 3.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 7 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.04 images/sec | 4.24 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.28 images/sec | 2.43 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 20.6 Gpixels/sec | 6.71 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 568.2 FPS | 601.9 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 6 tests | 3 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 454 | 314 |
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 9466 |
| Video editing score | - | 6509 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 8311 |
| Photo editing score | - | 18282 |
| Writing score | - | 12099 |
| Phones tested | - | 2 models |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-13 (AndreyK) | AnTuTu 11 | 1372431 |
| π 2026-09-09 -> LeofMate | AnTuTu 11 | 1291607 |
| π 2026-08-22 (A_s_t_r_a) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328024 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Antonio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1395526 |
| π 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx) | AnTuTu 11 | 1337422 |
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-16 (Amrin) | AnTuTu 12 | 934400 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ψ£Ψ¨ΩΨ§ Ψ΅ΩΨ§ΩΩΨΩ) | AnTuTu 12 | 863749 |
| π 2026-09-21 (auron) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 936 / 2600 |
| π 2026-07-27 (Ψ£Ψ¨ΩΨ§ Ψ΅ΩΨ§ΩΩΨΩ) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 909 / 2399 |
| π 2026-07-25 (Ψ£Ψ¨ΩΨ§ Ψ΅ΩΨ§ΩΩΨΩ) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2309 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9020 and Kirin 8000CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.5 GHz β TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz β TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz β Taishan-Little |
1x 2.4 GHz β 1xA77 H 3x 2.19 GHz β 1xA77 L 4x 1.84 GHz β A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 10 MB | - |
| 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 | 1720.3 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 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 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 6000 | Balong |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2024 | October 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | Hi36C0V110 | - |
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