30

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

60

Points
Google Tensor G3
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Tensor G3 SoCs by Hisilicon and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 9-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 G3 50
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 12
Tensor G3 45
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 30
Tensor G3 60
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Tensor G3
CPU 77046 281756
GPU 90560 364449
Memory 66398 148341
UX 59977 181913
Total score 293981 976459
Key Differences

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 23.31% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2910 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 4.71% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (890 vs 850 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 125.08% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (4200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • Tensor G3 has 232.15% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (976 K vs 294 K ).
  • Tensor G3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Tensor G3 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
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Tensor G3 3598

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Tensor G3

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Tensor G3

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Tensor G3

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Tensor G3

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Tensor G3

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Tensor G3

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Tensor G3

3DMark

Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

72%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 9
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 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 Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Bifrost Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 12 7
  • Shading units 192 192
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
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 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Yes
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • 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 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • 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 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 7300 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3700 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
  • 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 G3

CPU
50%
GPU
45%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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