Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Vs Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs Kirin 970 SoCs by Qualcomm 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 5.88% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (900 vs 850 MHz).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 40% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (6 vs 10 nm).
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 32.01% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (388 K vs 294 K).
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 18% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2360 vs 2000 MHz).
- Kirin 970 Support 75.29% higher memory bandwidth then Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (29.8 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 114597 | 77046 |
GPU | 93082 | 90560 |
Memory | 68776 | 66398 |
UX | 111637 | 59977 |
Total score | 388092 | 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%
SD 4 Gen 18%
Kirin 970Score: 1050
Stability | - | 80% |
Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
Score | - | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and Hisilicon Kirin 970Display
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | - | 3840 x 2160 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | - | HDR, HDR-10 |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
58%
SD 4 Gen 168%
Kirin 970
Frequency
Architecture |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1840 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2360 MHz |
Instruction set | - | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
Process | 6 | 10 |
Transistor count | - | 5.5 Billion |
TDP | - | 9 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 619 | Mali G72 MP12 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 850 MHz |
Execution units | 4 | 12 |
Shading units | - | 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 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Dedicated NPU |
Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.1 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, 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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | Snapdragon X51 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 4.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
Announced Date | October 2022 | September 2017 |
Class | Low end | Flagship |
Model number | SM4375 | Hi3670 |
Official page | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site | Kirin 970 official site |