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 2.8x better in floating-point computations
- Shows better [up to 19%] AnTuTu 10 score – 492K vs 414K
- Announced 9-months later
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 146219 134103 GPU 144816 91468 Memory 101046 95311 UX 102432 94321 Total score 492893 414459
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression - 97.9 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser - 48.9 pages/sec PDF Renderer - 54.9 Mpixels/sec Image detection - 38.5 images/sec HDR - 59.1 Mpixels/sec Background blur - 5.8 images/sec Photo processing - 17.9 images/sec Ray tracing - 2.95 Mpixels/sec
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability - 99% Graphics test - 8 FPS Score - 1421
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.
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 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 Execution units 6 6 Shading units 64 24 Total shaders 384 144 FLOPS 652.8 Gigaflops 236.2 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.3 1.3 OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
Memory
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 31.78 Gbit/s 31.78 Gbit/s Max size 12 GB 8 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] Yes Yes 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
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