Menu

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

34

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Snapdragon 685
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Snapdragon 685

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 970 13
Snapdragon 685 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Snapdragon 685 9
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Snapdragon 685 34
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.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

icon
Kirin 970 390
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

icon
Kirin 970 1361
Snapdragon 685 1609

Image compression

icon
Kirin 970 76.9
Snapdragon 685

Face detection

icon
Kirin 970 14
Snapdragon 685

Speech recognition

icon
Kirin 970 24.5
Snapdragon 685

Machine learning

icon
Kirin 970 21.8
Snapdragon 685

Camera shooting

icon
Kirin 970 11.4
Snapdragon 685

HTML 5

icon
Kirin 970 1.46
Snapdragon 685

SQLite

icon
Kirin 970 417.7
Snapdragon 685

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
N/A
Snapdragon 685
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 -
  • Color Depth - Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
    4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 10 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Adreno 610
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz -
  • Execution units 12 2
  • Shading units 192 96
  • 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 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • 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, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 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 685

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
14%
GPU
9%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 685 with a 18.64% higher clock speed (2800 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 685 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 685 with a 40% smaller transistor size (6 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 685?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Kirin 970 with a 8.79% better score (293981 vs 270223).