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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

28

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Mediatek Helio G95

Helio G95
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Helio G95

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Helio G95 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
Helio G95 16
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Helio G95 12
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Helio G95 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Helio G95 28
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Helio G95
CPU 77046 91718
GPU 90560 91234
Memory 66398 58340
UX 59977 59442
Total score 293981 300734
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 15.12% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G95 (2360 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G95 (10 vs 12 nm).
  • Kirin 970 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G95 (1200 vs 600 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Helio G95

  • Helio G95 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (900 vs 850 MHz).
  • Helio G95 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Helio G95 has 2.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (301 K vs 294 K ).
  • Helio G95 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Helio G95 529

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Helio G95 1680

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Helio G95 96.2

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Helio G95 14.6

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Helio G95 31.1

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Helio G95 26.4

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Helio G95 13.8

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Helio G95 1.97

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Helio G95 444.9

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
7%
Helio G95
Stability 98%

Graphics test 8 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz Full HD+ @ 90Hz
  • 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

51%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 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 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 10 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Mali-G76 3EEMC4
  • Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 900 MHz
  • Execution units 12 4
  • Shading units 192 64
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops 195.8 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 -
  • Max Size 8 GB 10 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Da Vinci
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP
  • 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 600 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 Helio G95

Mediatek Helio G95
CPU
16%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Helio G95?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 15.12% higher clock speed (2360 MHz vs 2050 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 970 and Helio G95?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Helio G95 with a 5.88% higher GPU clock speed (900 MHz vs 850 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Helio G95?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Helio G95 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Helio G95?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Kirin 970 with a 16.67% smaller transistor size (10 nm vs 12 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Helio G95?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Helio G95 with a 2.30% better score (300734 vs 293981).