Dimensity 8200 Vs Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8200 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 8200
- Dimensity 8200 has 31.36% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3100 vs 2360 MHz).
- Dimensity 8200 has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
- Dimensity 8200 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
- Dimensity 8200 has 189.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (851 K vs 294 K).
- Dimensity 8200 Support 71.81% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (51.2 vs 29.8 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 210639 | 77046 |
| GPU | 339646 | 90560 |
| Memory | 139322 | 66398 |
| UX | 160894 | 59977 |
| Total score | 850501 | 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
0%
Dimensity 82008%
Kirin 970Score: 1050
| Stability | - | 80% |
| Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
| Score | - | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 8200 and Hisilicon Kirin 970Display
| Max On-Device Display | 120Hz WQHD+ / 180Hz Full HD+ display support | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ Adaptive support | HDR, HDR-10 |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
90%
Dimensity 820068%
Kirin 970
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A78 3x 3 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 | 3100 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | - | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 4 nm | 10 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 Billion |
| TDP | - | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G610 MC6 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | - | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 12 |
| Shading units | - | 192 |
| FLOPS | - | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | - | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 580(Multi-Core) | Dedicated NPU |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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. 21 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 4700 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6E | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced Date | December 2022 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Dimensity 8200 official site | Kirin 970 official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 8200
72.5
Review By TenzysTech
Hisilicon Kirin 970
27
Review By TenzysTech
