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29

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

Snapdragon 678

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 678 16
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 10
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 29
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Kirin 970
CPU 101216 77046
GPU 51346 90560
Memory 48181 66398
UX 82701 59977
Total score 283444 293981
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

  • Snapdragon 678 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 7.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2360 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 0.59% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (850 vs 845 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 9.09% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 678 (10 vs 11 nm).
  • Kirin 970 has 3.72% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (294 K vs 283 K ).
  • Kirin 970 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 678 (29.8 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

2%
Snapdragon 678
Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 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

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache - 2 MB
  • Process 11 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 6 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 12
  • Shading units 96 192
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 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 14.9 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 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 192MP, 2x 25MP 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 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X12 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

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 Snapdragon 678 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 7.27% higher clock speed (2360 MHz vs 2200 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 678 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 0.59% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 845 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 678 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 678 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 678 and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Kirin 970 with a 9.09% smaller transistor size (10 nm vs 11 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 678 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Kirin 970 with a 3.72% better score (293981 vs 283444).