SOC HISILICON MALEOON 920
Kirin 9020

Kirin 9020

Flagship Released: November 26, 2024
Clock Speed
2500
MHZ
Process
7
NM
Cores
8
Count

Technical Highlights

GPU : Maleoon 920 (Maleoon)
GPU Frequency : 840 MHz
Memory : LPDDR5X
AnTuTu Score : 1.38M

About this Chipset

Kirin 9020 is a 7 nm flagship 5G SoC with custom TaiShan CPU cores, Maleoon 920 graphics, Da Vinci AI acceleration, LPDDR5X memory, and UFS 4.0 storage.

Last updated: July 07, 2026

Overall Score Of Kirin 9020

This summarizes how Kirin 9020 scores across key areas like CPU, GPU, AI, efficiency, and connectivity.

78
Overall
Benchmark
66
CPU
83
Graphics
65
Memory
79
Connectivity
86

General Information of Kirin 9020

Name

Kirin 9020

Brand

HiSilicon

Class

Flagship

Release Date

November 26, 2024

Foundry

SMIC

CPU Specifications of Kirin 9020

CPU Architecture

1x 2.5 GHz TaiShan V121, 3x 2.15 GHz TaiShan V120, 4x 1.6 GHz TaiShan-Little

CPU Frequency

2500 MHz

54% of the current best CPU Frequency score

Cores

Excellent

8

80% of the current best Cores score

Instruction Set

ARMv8-A

Process (nm)

7 nm

29% of the current best Process (nm) score

L2 Cache

1 MB

6% of the current best L2 Cache score

L3 Cache

Good

10 MB

63% of the current best L3 Cache score

Graphics Specifications of Kirin 9020

GPU

Maleoon 920

Graphics Architecture

Maleoon

GPU Frequency

Good

840 MHz

49% of the current best GPU Frequency score

Pipelines

4

20% of the current best Pipelines score

Shading Units

Excellent

256

50% of the current best Shading Units score

Total Shaders

1024

50% of the current best Total Shaders score

FLOPS

1720.3 Gigaflops

30% of the current best FLOPS score

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0

DirectX Version

12

Memory Specifications of Kirin 9020

Memory Type

Excellent

LPDDR5X

75% of the current best Memory Type score

Memory Frequency

Excellent

4266 MHz

80% of the current best Memory Frequency score

Bus

4x 16 Bit

Bandwidth

Excellent

68.2 Gb/s

80% of the current best Bandwidth score

Memory Size

Excellent

16 GB

50% of the current best Memory Size score

Storage Interface

Excellent

UFS 4.0

78% of the current best Storage Interface score

Benchmark Metrics of Kirin 9020

AnTuTu Benchmark (V11)

V11 total score with CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX breakdown

1,383,793
Total
33% of the current best Total score
CPU
484,142
39% of the current best CPU score
GPU
269,177
17% of the current best GPU score
MEM
Good
340,806
72% of the current best MEM score
UX
289,668
36% of the current best UX score

AnTuTu Benchmark (V10)

V10 total score with CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX breakdown

1,088,794
Total
27% of the current best Total score

Geekbench (V6)

CPU performance snapshot

Single-Core
1,370
35% of the current best Single-Core score
Multi-Core
4,446
36% of the current best Multi-Core score
Asset Compression
169.6 MB/sec
36% of the current best Asset Compression score
HTML 5 Browser
129.9 pages/sec
40% of the current best HTML 5 Browser score
PDF Renderer
126.6 Mpixels/sec
37% of the current best PDF Renderer score
Image Detection
85.1 images/sec
23% of the current best Image Detection score
HDR
118.5 Mpixels/sec
30% of the current best HDR score
Background Blur
14.7 images/sec
30% of the current best Background Blur score
Photo Processing
43.4 images/sec
37% of the current best Photo Processing score
Ray Tracing
5.21 Mpixels/sec
35% of the current best Ray Tracing score

Connectivity of Kirin 9020

Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

50% of the current best Download Speed score

Modem Speed

Top tier

Balong 6000 Mbps

100% of the current best Modem Speed score

Upload Speed

Good

Up to 3500 Mbps

70% of the current best Upload Speed score

5G Support

Yes

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi 7

Bluetooth Version

5.4

AI Accelerator of Kirin 9020

Neural Processor

Da Vinci NPU

AI Support

Yes

Performance Charts Of Kirin 9020

These charts show the balance of Kirin 9020 across key areas and how its benchmark results compare to today’s top performers.

Performance Radar Chart

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
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Performance Benchmarks

Grey is the market top value. Colored bar is Kirin 9020.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Kirin 9020

The Kirin 9020 scores a total of 1,383,793 on AnTuTu v11, providing a fluid experience for daily mobile tasks and standard applications. The score is broken down into CPU: 484,142, GPU: 269,177, Memory: 340,806, UX: 289,668.

The Kirin 9020 was officially released in November 26, 2024, aiming to provide a competitive performance experience for mobile devices.

The Kirin 9020 features a 8-core CPU architecture, designed to balance peak performance with everyday power efficiency.

The Kirin 9020 is manufactured using a specialized process by SMIC, which optimizes the chipset's power efficiency and performance.

The Kirin 9020 operates at a CPU frequency (base clock) of 2500 MHz, which determines the speed at which the chipset handles instructions.

The Kirin 9020 achieves a single-core score of 1,370 on Geekbench. This is a key metric for measuring how snappy the device will feel when launching and switching between apps.

With a performance score of 78%, the Kirin 9020 is positioned as a high-end chipset in our comprehensive mobile rankings.

The Kirin 9020 features the Maleoon 920 GPU, which handles graphics rendering and is responsible for determining the chipset's mobile gaming capabilities.

Yes, the Kirin 9020 includes a dedicated NPU (Neural Processing Unit) for accelerating on-device AI tasks like computational photography and real-time voice translation.

The Kirin 9020 is compatible with LPDDR5X memory, enabling fast data access which is crucial for modern operating systems and demanding games.

Yes, the Kirin 9020 features an integrated 5G modem, providing ultra-fast mobile data speeds and low latency where network infrastructure permits.