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Hisilicon Kirin 9000

Kirin 9000

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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Kirin 9000 Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Kirin 970 SoCs by Hisilicon. 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 9000 34
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 9000 28
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 9000 86
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 9000 49
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 9000 Kirin 970
CPU 194527 77046
GPU 280796 90560
Memory 146761 66398
UX 140303 59977
Total score 762387 293981
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 9000

  • Kirin 9000 has 32.63% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3130 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 47.37% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2750 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 159.33% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (762 K vs 294 K).
  • Kirin 9000 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 11.84% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (850 vs 760 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 9000 1054
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 9000 3724
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Kirin 9000
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

31%
Kirin 9000
Stability 54%

Graphics test 36 FPS
5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR, HDR-10
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3130 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

51%
Base Frequency

2050 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
    3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
    4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 64 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.512 MB 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
  • Process 4 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count 15.3 Billion 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 4 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 760 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 24 12
  • Shading units 384 192
  • FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 347 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Balong 5000 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 7168 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 2560 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Hisilicon Kirin 9000

Hisilicon Kirin 9000
CPU
34%
GPU
28%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Hisilicon Kirin 970

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

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 9000 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Kirin 9000 with a 32.63% higher clock speed (3130 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 9000 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 11.84% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 760 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 9000 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Kirin 9000 with a 47.37% higher memory frequency (2750 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 9000 and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Kirin 9000 with a 60% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 9000 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Kirin 9000 with a 159.33% better score (762387 vs 293981).

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