Kirin 970 Vs Dimensity 6100 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Dimensity 6100 Plus SoCs by Hisilicon and Mediatek 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.
The following details of MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus are based in part on hearings and leaks. As we acquire more precise information, we will update this page.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 7.27% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6100 Plus (2360 vs 2200 MHz).
- Kirin 970 Support 74.58% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6100 Plus (29.8 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
- Dimensity 6100 Plus has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (950 vs 850 MHz).
- Dimensity 6100 Plus has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
- Dimensity 6100 Plus has 40% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (6 vs 10 nm).
- Dimensity 6100 Plus has 22.91% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (361 K vs 294 K ).
- Dimensity 6100 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 77046 | 112256 |
| GPU | 90560 | 98184 |
| Memory | 66398 | 66187 |
| UX | 59977 | 84704 |
| Total score | 293981 | 361331 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 76.9 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 14 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 24.5 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 21.8 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 11.4 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.46 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 417.7 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
8%
Kirin 9700%
Dimensity 6100+Score: 1050
| Stability | 80% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Score | 1050 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 970 and MediaTek Dimensity 6100 PlusDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | Full HD+ @ 120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR, HDR-10 | - |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
62%
Kirin 97058%
Dimensity 6100+
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1840 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2360 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | 5.5 Billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G72 MP12 | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Execution units | 12 | 2 |
| Shading units | 192 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 347 Gigaflops | 243 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Dedicated NPU | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | 3GPP Release-16 standard 5G modem |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | - | Up to 3300 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | September 2017 | July 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | Hi3670 | - |
| Official page | Kirin 970 official site | Dimensity 6100 Plus official site |
Hisilicon Kirin 970
28.25
Review By TenzysTech
MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
29
Review By TenzysTech
