The HiSilicon Kirin 8020 is an SoC that can be used in Android-based smartphones and tablets and was first installed in the Huawei Nova 14 Pro smartphone (2025). The SoC is similar to the Kirin T82 and to the faster Kirin T92 (higher clock rates).
Huawei does not reveal any information about the SoC. The little information that is available comes from benchmarks and system analysis tools. All sources agree that the CPU consists of three clusters with a total of 12 cores, but no longer relies on classic ARM Cortex models, but instead only on HiSilicon’s own cores.
The power-saving cluster has four cores (HiSilicon HiSi-Little-I), each operating at up to 1,306 MHz, while six further cores use unspecified cores from HiSilicon (HiSi-Middle-II) and clock at up to 2,050 MHz. The third cluster contains two HiSilicon cores (HiSi-Main-III), which clock at a maximum of 2,280 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.
A Maleoon 920c is integrated as the graphics unit (iGPU).
Nothing concrete is known about the manufacturing process or the architecture. The SoC will probably be manufactured at SMIC using the 7 nm process. According to TechInsights, the identically constructed Kirin 9020 is is manufactured in 7N+2.
| Clock Rate | 1310 - 2280 MHz |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 12 / 12 2 x 2.3 GHz 6 x 2.1 GHz 4 x 1.3 GHz |
| Manufacturing Technology | 7 nm |
| GPU | HiSilicon Maleoon 920c |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | ARM |
| Announcement Date | 05/20/2025 |
- Average benchmark values
Huawei Nova 14 Pro: HiSilicon Maleoon 920, 6.78", 0.2 kg
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