78

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

78

Points
Google Tensor
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Tensor

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Tensor SoCs by Hisilicon and Google 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 970 15
Tensor 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 12
Tensor 34
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Tensor 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 30
Tensor 51
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Tensor
CPU 77046 181161
GPU 90560 294446
Memory 66398 103174
UX 59977 145388
Total score 293981 724169
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 0.24% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor (850 vs 848 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor

  • Tensor has 18.64% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2800 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Tensor has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Tensor has 50% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (5 vs 10 nm).
  • Tensor has 146.33% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (724 K vs 294 K ).
  • Tensor has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Tensor Support 71.81% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (51.2 vs 29.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Tensor 1026

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Tensor 2879

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Tensor

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Tensor

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Tensor

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Tensor

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Tensor

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Tensor

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Tensor

3DMark

Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 56%

Graphics test 37 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

62%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

84%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
    2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
    2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB 3 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 10 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 5.6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Mali-G78 MP20
  • Architecture Bifrost Valhall
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 848 MHz
  • Execution units 12 20
  • Shading units 192 320
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version 1.0 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Tensor Processing Unit
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Exynos 5300g
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Hisilicon Kirin 970

CPU
15%
GPU
12%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
64%

Google Tensor

CPU
36%
GPU
34%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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