Kirin 9020 vs Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

The Kirin 9020 is a flagship chip from HiSilicon, and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is an upper mid-range chip from Qualcomm. In Geekbench 6, the Kirin 9020 is 3% faster in multi-core (4,510 vs 4,378), while the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is 31% faster in single-core.

HiSilicon Flagship

Kirin 9020

#43 of 113 chipsets · 4 phones

Qualcomm Upper mid-range

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

#45 of 113 chipsets · 1 phone

Benchmarks head to head

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Multi-core Geekbench 6

Kirin 9020 +3%
Kirin 9020 4,510
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 4,378

Single-core Geekbench 6

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 +31%
Kirin 9020 1,290
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 1,687

Graphics 3DMark Steel Nomad Light

Kirin 9020 455
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 —

Higher is better. Bars are relative to the faster chip in each test. A dash means we don’t have a reliable result for that chip yet.

Key facts

Specs from the chip makers. The better result in each benchmark is highlighted.

Kirin 9020Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Maker HiSilicon Qualcomm
Class Flagship Upper mid-range
Announced Nov 2024 —
Process 7 nm SMIC N+2 —
CPU 8 cores 1× 2.5 GHz + 3× 2.15 GHz + 4× 1.6 GHz —
Max CPU speed 2.5 GHz —
GPU Maleoon 920 —
Place in our ranking #43 of 113 (better) #45 of 113
Geekbench 6 single-core 1,290 1,687 (better)
Geekbench 6 multi-core 4,510 (better) 4,378
Graphics (3DMark Steel Nomad Light) 455 —
Phones in our database 4 phones 1 phone
Best-rated phone Huawei Mate 80 7.8 POCO F5 6.4
Newest phone Huawei Mate 80 Nov 2025 POCO F5 May 2023

Phones with the Kirin 9020

4 phones in our database, best rated first.

Phones with the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

1 phone in our database, best rated first.

  • 6.4 Discontinued

    Announced May 2023

    POCO F5

    6.67″ 120 Hz, 64 MP camera, 5,000 mAh

    No US price + Compare
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Kirin 9020 vs Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2: FAQ

Which is faster, the Kirin 9020 or the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2?

In Geekbench 6, the Kirin 9020 is 3% faster in multi-core (4,510 vs 4,378), while the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is 31% faster in single-core. Real-world speed also depends on how well each phone keeps the chip cool and on its software.

Which phones use the Kirin 9020 and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2?

The Kirin 9020 powers 4 phones in our database, including the Huawei Mate 80, Huawei Pura 80 Ultra and Huawei Pura 80 Pro. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 powers one phone in our database: the POCO F5.

Where do these benchmark scores come from?

They are reference results for each chip: the median of several Geekbench 6 runs on retail phones. The 3DMark Steel Nomad Light graphics score is the median of the results for retail phones with the chip in the official ranking of UL, the maker of 3DMark. The same chip can score a little differently from phone to phone, depending on cooling, clock speeds and software.

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