We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released
Snapdragon 680 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 68016
Kirin 97015
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 68010
Kirin 97012
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 68079
Kirin 97064
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 68035
Kirin 97030
SoC
Snapdragon 680
VS
Kirin 970
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970
CPU
81097
77046
GPU
38425
90560
Memory
68438
66398
UX
63600
59977
Total score
251560
293981
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Snapdragon 680 has
1.69%
higher CPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (2400 vs
2360 MHz).
Snapdragon 680 has
31.06%
higher GPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (1114 vs
850 MHz).
Snapdragon 680 has
14.31%
higher memory frequency than
Kirin 970 (2133 vs
1866 MHz).
Snapdragon 680 has
40%
smaller sized transistor than
Kirin 970 (6 vs
10 nm).
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
Kirin 970 has
16.86%
better AnTuTu 9 score than
Snapdragon 680 (294 K vs
252 K ).
Kirin 970 Support
75.29%
higher memory bandwidth than
Snapdragon 680 (29.8 vs
17 GB/s).