The HiSilicon Kirin 9020 is an SoC that can be used in smartphones and tablets based on Android and was first installed in the Huawei Mate X6.
Huawei does not reveal any information about the SoC. The little information that is available comes from benchmarks and system analysis tools. Everyone agrees that the CPU consists of three clusters with a total of 8 cores with 12 threads, as in the predecessor, but no longer relies on classic ARM Cortex models, but only on HiSilicon's own.
The power-saving cluster has four cores (HiSilicon 0x0D23), each operating at up to 1,600 MHz, six three cores with SMT (6 threads) use unspecified cores from HiSilicon (0x0D46) and clock at up to 2,151 MHz. The third cluster contains a HiSilicon Prime core (0x0D05) with SMT (2 threads), which has a maximum performance of 2,500 MHz. The single-core performance is correspondingly mixed, but the multi-core performance is at the level of a high-end SoC from 2022 such as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 due to the numerous cores.
A Maleoon 920 is integrated as the graphics unit. Nothing concrete is known about the manufacturing process or architecture. The SoC will probably be manufactured in 7 nm at SMIC (7N+2 according to TechInsights).
| Codename | HiSilicon Main, Mid |
| Clock Rate | 1600 - 2500 MHz |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 8 / 12 1.6 GHz |
| Manufacturing Technology | 7 nm |
| Die Size | 136.6 mm2 |
| Features | Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 |
| GPU | HiSilicon Maleoon 920 ( - 840 MHz) |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | ARM |
| Announcement Date | 11/26/2024 |
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