We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released
Kirin 970 vs Snapdragon 685 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 68517
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 97012
Snapdragon 68511
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 97064
Snapdragon 68579
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 97030
Snapdragon 68536
SoC
Kirin 970
VS
Snapdragon 685
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Kirin 970
Snapdragon 685
CPU
77046
81894
GPU
90560
39122
Memory
66398
77991
UX
59977
71216
Total score
293981
270223
Key Differences
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
Kirin 970 has
8.79%
better AnTuTu 9 score than
Snapdragon 685 (294 K
vs
270 K).
Kirin 970 Support
207.69%
higher memory bandwidth than
Snapdragon 685 (1200 vs
390 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Snapdragon 685 has
18.64%
higher CPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (2800 vs
2360 MHz).
Snapdragon 685 has
14.31%
higher memory frequency than
Kirin 970 (2133 vs
1866 MHz).
Snapdragon 685 has
40%
smaller sized transistor than
Kirin 970 (6 vs
10 nm).
Snapdragon 685 has latest
instruction set,
hence better than
Kirin 970.