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 97015
Snapdragon 480 Plus20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 97012
Snapdragon 480 Plus15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 97064
Snapdragon 480 Plus71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 97030
Snapdragon 480 Plus35
SoC
Kirin 970
VS
Snapdragon 480 Plus
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 ).