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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
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
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 113696 | 77046 |
| GPU | 85477 | 90560 |
| Memory | 76385 | 66398 |
| UX | 105966 | 59977 |
| Total score | 381524 | 293981 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 76.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 14 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 24.5 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 21.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 11.4 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 1.46 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 417.7 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
10%
Mediatek 8108%
Kirin 970Score: 1232
| Stability | 99% | 80% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 1232 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 810 and Hisilicon Kirin 970Display
| 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 | - |
CPU
63%
Mediatek 81062%
Kirin 970
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| 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 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1840 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| 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 |
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 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17.07 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2770 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 1250 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced Date | August 2021 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6833V | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Dimensity 810 official site | Kirin 970 official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 810
35.75
Review By TenzysTech
Hisilicon Kirin 970
22.75
Review By TenzysTech
