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37

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 810

Dimensity 810

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Dimensity 810 Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 810 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 810 19
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 810 13
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 810 79
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 810 37
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 810 Kirin 970
CPU 113696 77046
GPU 85477 90560
Memory 76385 66398
UX 105966 59977
Total score 381524 293981
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 810

  • Dimensity 810 has 1.69% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2400 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Dimensity 810 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Dimensity 810 has 40% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (6 vs 10 nm).
  • Dimensity 810 has 29.78% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (382 K vs 294 K).
  • Dimensity 810 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 Support 74.58% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 810 (29.8 vs 17.07 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 810 621
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 810 1897
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Dimensity 810
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

6%
Dimensity 810
Stability 99%

Graphics test 7 FPS
5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 HDR, HDR-10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 2 MB
  • Process 6 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC2 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Valhall Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 12
  • Shading units 32 192
  • FLOPS - 347 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 2770 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 1250 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 200 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 810

Mediatek Dimensity 810
CPU
19%
GPU
13%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Hisilicon Kirin 970

Hisilicon Kirin 970
CPU
13%
GPU
10%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
64%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Dimensity 810 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Dimensity 810 with a 1.69% higher clock speed (2400 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Dimensity 810 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Dimensity 810 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Dimensity 810 and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Dimensity 810 with a 40% smaller transistor size (6 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 810 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 810 with a 29.78% better score (381524 vs 293981).