Menu

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

35

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 800U

Dimensity 800U
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Dimensity 800U

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Dimensity 800U 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 970 13
Dimensity 800U 18
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Dimensity 800U 13
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Dimensity 800U 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Dimensity 800U 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Dimensity 800U
CPU 77046 113735
GPU 90560 104873
Memory 66398 67803
UX 59977 116075
Total score 293981 402486
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 800U

  • Dimensity 800U has 1.69% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2400 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Dimensity 800U has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Dimensity 800U has 30% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (7 vs 10 nm).
  • Dimensity 800U has 36.91% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (402 K vs 294 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

icon
Kirin 970 390
Dimensity 800U 594

Multi-Core Score

icon
Kirin 970 1361
Dimensity 800U 1683

Image compression

icon
Kirin 970 76.9
Dimensity 800U 105.3

Face detection

icon
Kirin 970 14
Dimensity 800U 15.5

Speech recognition

icon
Kirin 970 24.5
Dimensity 800U 33.8

Machine learning

icon
Kirin 970 21.8
Dimensity 800U 28.6

Camera shooting

icon
Kirin 970 11.4
Dimensity 800U 14.4

HTML 5

icon
Kirin 970 1.46
Dimensity 800U 2.08

SQLite

icon
Kirin 970 417.7
Dimensity 800U 534.9

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
8%
Dimensity 800U
Stability 99%

Graphics test 9 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz Full HD+ @ 120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 10 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Bifrost Valhall
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 12 3
  • Shading units 192 48
  • 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 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 2300 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 211 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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%

Mediatek Dimensity 800U

Mediatek Dimensity 800U
CPU
18%
GPU
13%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 800U?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Dimensity 800U with a 1.69% higher clock speed (2400 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 800U?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Dimensity 800U with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 800U?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Dimensity 800U with a 30% smaller transistor size (7 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 800U?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 800U with a 36.91% better score (402486 vs 293981).