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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Dimensity 1200 vs Kirin 970 – specs and benchmarks

Dimensity 1200 Vs Kirin 970

Dimensity 1200
VS
Kirin 970
Dimensity 1200
Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1200 vs Kirin 970 SoCs by Mediatek and Hisilicon 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1200
61
Kirin 970
26
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1200
51
Kirin 970
38
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1200
79
Kirin 970
64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1200
64
Kirin 970
43

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1200
  • Dimensity 1200 has 27.12% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3000 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 128.62% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (4266 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 40% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (6 vs 10 nm).
  • Dimensity 1200 has 127.38% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (668 K vs 294 K).
  • Dimensity 1200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Dimensity 1200 Support 33.33% higher memory bandwidth then Kirin 970 (1600 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
  • Kirin 970 Support 2.76% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 1200 (29.8 vs 29 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Dimensity 1200
vs
Kirin 970

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1200 +126%
668463
Kirin 970
293981
CPU 170589 77046
GPU 233643 90560
Memory 118786 66398
UX 145445 59977
Total score 668463 293981

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Dimensity 1200 +137%
925
Kirin 970
390
Multi-Core Score
Dimensity 1200 +139%
3246
Kirin 970
1361
Image compression 171.75 Mpixels/s 76.9 Mpixels/s
Face detection 32.25 images/s 14 images/s
Speech recognition 51.5 words/s 24.5 words/s
Machine learning 51.65 images/s 21.8 images/s
Camera shooting 27.35 images/s 11.4 images/s
HTML 5 3.76 Mnodes/s 1.46 Mnodes/s
SQLite 931.9 Mnodes/s 417.7 Mnodes/s

3DMark

32%
Mediatek 1200
8%
Kirin 970
Score: 4179

Stability 93% 80%
Graphics test 25 FPS 6 FPS
Score 4179 1050

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 1200 and Hisilicon Kirin 970

Display

Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @ 168 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR, HDR-10
Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

87%
Mediatek 1200
68%
Kirin 970
Frequency

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 1840 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000 MHz 2360 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 32 KB -
L2 cache 0.32 MB 0.5 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process 6 10
Transistor count - 5.5 Billion
TDP 10 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Mali G72 MP12
Architecture Valhall Bifrost
GPU frequency 850 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 9 12
Shading units 144 192
FLOPS - 347 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Dedicated NPU
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 32 [email protected] kHz, HD-audio

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
1600
Kirin 970
1200
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
N/A
Kirin 970
N/A
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
N/A
Kirin 970
150
5G (MB/s)
Dimensity 1200
2500
Kirin 970
N/A
Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Peak Download speed Up to 4700 Mbps -
Peak Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced Date January 2021 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6893 Hi3670
Official page Dimensity 1200 official site Kirin 970 official site
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
Mediatek Dimensity 1200
CPU
65%
GPU
51%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

60.25


Review By TenzysTech
Hisilicon Kirin 970
Hisilicon Kirin 970
CPU
26%
GPU
38%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
64%

32


Review By TenzysTech

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