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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 970 13
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 41
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 77046 105049
GPU 90560 110865
Memory 66398 90267
UX 59977 87211
Total score 293981 393392
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 7.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (2360 vs 2200 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 33.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (393 K vs 294 K ).
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 779

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 2269

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
N/A
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • 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

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
     4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.8 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 4 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Adreno
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz -
  • Execution units 12 -
  • Shading units 192 -
  • 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Hexagon
  • 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 200MP
  • 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 - X62
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 2900 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 1600 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • 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 6 Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1?

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 Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 with a 71.49% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 with a 60% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 with a 33.82% better score (393392 vs 293981).