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Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Snapdragon 680

29

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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Kirin 970

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 680 13
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 8
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 33
Kirin 970 29
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).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Snapdragon 680
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

2%
Snapdragon 680
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+ @ 90 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR, HDR-10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache - 2 MB
  • Process 6 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count - 5.5 Billion
  • TDP - 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 12
  • Shading units 96 192
  • FLOPS - 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 17 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 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, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 390 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
CPU
13%
GPU
8%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

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 680 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 680 with a 1.69% higher clock speed (2400 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 680 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Snapdragon 680 with a 31.06% higher GPU clock speed (1114 MHz vs 850 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 680 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 680 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 680 and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 680 with a 40% smaller transistor size (6 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 680 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Kirin 970 with a 16.86% better score (293981 vs 251560).

Choose between two processors

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