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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

50

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

Snapdragon 888 Plus
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Snapdragon 888 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Snapdragon 888 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 888 Plus 36
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Snapdragon 888 Plus 31
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Snapdragon 888 Plus 50
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU 77046 216591
GPU 90560 324286
Memory 66398 138188
UX 59977 167760
Total score 293981 846825
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 26.91% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2995 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 6.47% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (905 vs 850 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 50% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (5 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 188.05% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (847 K vs 294 K ).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus Support 71.81% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (51.2 vs 29.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Snapdragon 888 Plus

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Snapdragon 888 Plus

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Snapdragon 888 Plus

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Snapdragon 888 Plus

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
30%
Snapdragon 888 Plus
Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB 1 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 10 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion 10.3 Billion
  • TDP 9 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Adreno 660
  • Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 905 MHz
  • Execution units 12 2
  • Shading units 192 512
  • FLOPS 347 Gigaflops 1853 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 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Hexagon 780
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3000 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, SBAS, 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 888 Plus

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 888 Plus with a 26.91% higher clock speed (2995 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 888 Plus with a 6.47% higher GPU clock speed (905 MHz vs 850 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 888 Plus with a 71.49% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 888 Plus with a 50% smaller transistor size (5 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Snapdragon 888 Plus?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 888 Plus with a 188.05% better score (846825 vs 293981).