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29

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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

65

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoCs by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 970 13
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 58
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 50
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 65
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 77046 374214
GPU 90560 516258
Memory 66398 344248
UX 59977 259884
Total score 293981 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 27.12% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3000 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 29.41% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (1100 vs 850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 125.08% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (4200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 408.40% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (1,495 K vs 294 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 114.77% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (64 vs 29.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
58%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
  • Process 10 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 12 2
  • Shading units 192 768
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1866 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 6500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Hisilicon Kirin 970

Hisilicon Kirin 970
CPU
13%
GPU
10%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
64%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU
58%
GPU
50%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 27.12% higher clock speed (3000 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 29.41% higher GPU clock speed (1100 MHz vs 850 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 125.08% higher memory frequency (4200 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 60% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with a 408.40% better score (1494604 vs 293981).