Kirin 9020 vs Kirin 8020
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020 (with Maleoon 920 graphics) and Kirin 8020 (Maleoon 920). 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
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9020
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 21%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 1383K vs 1146K
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2500 vs 2285 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 484142 | 510762 |
| GPU | 269177 | 139259 |
| Memory | 340806 | 243962 |
| UX | 289668 | 252155 |
| Total score | 1383793 | 1146138 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | [6 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 169.6 MB/sec | 155.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 129.9 pages/sec | 101.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 126.6 Mpixels/sec | 117.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 85.1 images/sec | 60.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 118.5 Mpixels/sec | 95.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14.7 images/sec | 11.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 43.4 images/sec | 34.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.21 Mpixels/sec | 4.78 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 3 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.04 images/sec | 3.66 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.28 images/sec | 1.76 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 20.6 Gpixels/sec | 10.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 568.2 FPS | 299.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 6 tests | Less than 3 |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 454 | 504 |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 4 FPS |
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 8020
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-09 (vjjj) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2672 |
| ๐ 2026-09-09 (hu) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1204 / 4209 |
| ๐ 2026-04-11 (yang) | AnTuTu 11 | 1156650 |
| ๐ 2026-04-09 (่กไธๅฎ) | AnTuTu 11 | 1146138 |
| ๐ 2026-03-26 (diesel532) | AnTuTu 11 | 1003667 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9020 and Kirin 8020CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.5 GHz โ TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz โ TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz โ Taishan-Little |
1x 2.285 GHz โ 3x 2.05 GHz โ 4x 1.3 GHz โ |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 2285 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 10 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 920 | Maleoon 920 |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 Gigaflops | 860.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2024 | May 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | Hi36C0V110 | - |
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