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29

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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

61

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MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus

Dimensity 9200 Plus
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Dimensity 9200 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Dimensity 9200 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 970 13
Dimensity 9200 Plus 49
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Dimensity 9200 Plus 49
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Dimensity 9200 Plus 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Dimensity 9200 Plus 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Dimensity 9200 Plus
CPU 77046 290704
GPU 90560 600560
Memory 66398 254170
UX 59977 217772
Total score 293981 1363206
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus

  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 41.95% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3350 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 357.29% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (8533 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has 363.71% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (1,363 K vs 294 K ).
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Dimensity 9200 Plus Support 129.19% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (68.3 vs 29.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Dimensity 9200 Plus 1545

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Dimensity 9200 Plus 5421

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Dimensity 9200 Plus

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Dimensity 9200 Plus

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Dimensity 9200 Plus

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Dimensity 9200 Plus

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Dimensity 9200 Plus

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Dimensity 9200 Plus

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Dimensity 9200 Plus

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
65%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
Stability 61%

Graphics test 75 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz WQHD @ 144Hz, FHD+ @ 240Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 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

83%
Turbo Clock Speed

3350 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
    3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
  • Process 10 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion 17 Billion
  • TDP 9 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Immortalis-G715 MC11
  • Architecture Bifrost Valhall 4
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz -
  • Execution units 12 11
  • Shading units 192 -
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops 4736 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1866 MHz 8533 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 68.3 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU MediaTek APU 690
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - MediaTek T800
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 7900 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 4200 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, NAVIC
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 9200 Plus

MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
CPU
49%
GPU
49%
Memory
100%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 9200 Plus?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Dimensity 9200 Plus with a 41.95% higher clock speed (3350 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 9200 Plus?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Dimensity 9200 Plus with a 357.29% higher memory frequency (8533 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 9200 Plus?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Dimensity 9200 Plus with a 60% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Dimensity 9200 Plus?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 9200 Plus with a 363.71% better score (1363206 vs 293981).