Helio G96 Vs Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 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 Helio G96
- Helio G96 has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (950 vs 850 MHz).
- Helio G96 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
- Helio G96 has 15.47% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (339 K vs 294 K).
- Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 15.12% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2360 vs 2050 MHz).
- Kirin 970 has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (10 vs 12 nm).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 98570 | 77046 |
| GPU | 76840 | 90560 |
| Memory | 70017 | 66398 |
| UX | 94023 | 59977 |
| Total score | 339450 | 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
8%
Mediatek G968%
Kirin 970Score: 1086
| Stability | 99% | 80% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 1086 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 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
59%
Mediatek G9668%
Kirin 970
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.05 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 | 2050 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 Billion |
| TDP | - | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G57 MC2 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 950 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 | 2 x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Dedicated NPU |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | 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, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 32 [email protected] 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. 13 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Peak Download speed | - | - |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2021 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6781 | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Helio G96 official site | Kirin 970 official site |
Mediatek Helio G96
34.5
Review By TenzysTech
Hisilicon Kirin 970
27
Review By TenzysTech
