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29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970

45

Points
Samsung Exynos 1080

Exynos 1080
Overview - Kirin 970 Vs Exynos 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 970 vs Exynos 1080 SoCs by Hisilicon and Samsung 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
Exynos 1080 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 970 10
Exynos 1080 24
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 970 64
Exynos 1080 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 970 29
Exynos 1080 45
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 970 Exynos 1080
CPU 77046 178651
GPU 90560 251983
Memory 66398 127596
UX 59977 138654
Total score 293981 696884
Key Differences

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 6.25% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (850 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1080

  • Exynos 1080 has 18.64% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2800 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Exynos 1080 has 47.37% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2750 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Exynos 1080 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (5 vs 10 nm).
  • Exynos 1080 has 137.05% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (697 K vs 294 K ).
  • Exynos 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Exynos 1080 Support 47.65% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (44 vs 29.8 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 970 390
Exynos 1080 833

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 970 1361
Exynos 1080 2890

Image compression

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Kirin 970 76.9
Exynos 1080 135.1

Face detection

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Kirin 970 14
Exynos 1080 30

Speech recognition

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Kirin 970 24.5
Exynos 1080 53.1

Machine learning

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Kirin 970 21.8
Exynos 1080 51.7

Camera shooting

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Kirin 970 11.4
Exynos 1080 26.5

HTML 5

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Kirin 970 1.46
Exynos 1080 3.53

SQLite

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Kirin 970 417.7
Exynos 1080 875.8

3DMark

5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
N/A
Exynos 1080
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz WQHD+ @90Hz, FHD+ @144Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR, HDR-10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth - -
  • 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

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
     1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.3-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 0.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 10 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count 5.5 Billion -
  • TDP 9 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G72 MP12 Mali-G78 MP10
  • Architecture Bifrost Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 800 MHz
  • Execution units 12 10
  • Shading units 192 160
  • 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 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU Neural Processor
  • Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K 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 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 5100 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 1280 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 200 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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%

Samsung Exynos 1080

Samsung Exynos 1080
CPU
28%
GPU
24%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Kirin 970 and Exynos 1080?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Exynos 1080 with a 18.64% higher clock speed (2800 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Kirin 970 and Exynos 1080?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 6.25% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 800 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Kirin 970 and Exynos 1080?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Exynos 1080 with a 47.37% higher memory frequency (2750 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Kirin 970 and Exynos 1080?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Exynos 1080 with a 50% smaller transistor size (5 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Kirin 970 and Exynos 1080?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Exynos 1080 with a 137.05% better score (696884 vs 293981).

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