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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

33

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

Snapdragon 480 Plus
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Snapdragon 480 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Snapdragon 480 Plus SoCs by Hisilicon and Qualcomm 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
Snapdragon 480 Plus 16
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Snapdragon 480 Plus 11
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Snapdragon 480 Plus 33
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU 77046 103367
GPU 90560 83956
Memory 66398 61234
UX 59977 96732
Total score 293981 345289
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 7.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (2360 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 3.03% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (850 vs 825 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 480 Plus.
  • Kirin 970 Support 50.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 480 Plus (1200 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 20% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (8 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 17.45% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (345 K vs 294 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Snapdragon 480 Plus 505

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Snapdragon 480 Plus

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Snapdragon 480 Plus

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Snapdragon 480 Plus

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Snapdragon 480 Plus

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Snapdragon 480 Plus

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Snapdragon 480 Plus

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Snapdragon 480 Plus

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
5%
Snapdragon 480 Plus
Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A -
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 10 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 3 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 825 MHz
  • Execution units 12 2
  • Shading units 192 128
  • 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 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Hexagon 686
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 2500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 800 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 1500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 210 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU
16%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 480 Plus?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 7.27% higher clock speed (2360 MHz vs 2200 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 480 Plus?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 3.03% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 825 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 480 Plus?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 480 Plus with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 480 Plus?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 480 Plus with a 20% smaller transistor size (8 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 480 Plus?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 480 Plus with a 17.45% better score (345289 vs 293981).