Kirin 9020 vs Kirin 8000
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020 (with Maleoon 920 graphics) and Kirin 8000 (). 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 โ 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-13 (AndreyK) | AnTuTu 11 | 1372431 |
| ๐ 2026-09-09 -> LeofMate | AnTuTu 11 | 1291607 |
| ๐ 2026-08-22 (A_s_t_r_a) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328024 |
| ๐ 2026-04-18 (Antonio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1395526 |
| ๐ 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx) | AnTuTu 11 | 1337422 |
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-24 (ุฃุจูุง ุตูุงููุญู) | AnTuTu 12 | 863749 |
| ๐ 2026-09-21 (auron) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 936 / 2600 |
| ๐ 2026-07-27 (ุฃุจูุง ุตูุงููุญู) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 909 / 2399 |
| ๐ 2026-07-25 (ุฃุจูุง ุตูุงููุญู) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2309 |
| ๐ 2026-07-23 (ุฃุจูุง ุตูุงููุญู) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 909 / 2382 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9020 and Kirin 8000CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.5 GHz โ TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz โ TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz โ Taishan-Little |
1x 2.4 GHz โ 1xA77 H 3x 2.19 GHz โ 1xA77 L 4x 1.84 GHz โ 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 | - |
| Architecture | Maleoon | - |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 864 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | - |
| Shading units | 256 | - |
| Total shaders | 1024 | - |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 Gigaflops | 442.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 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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