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Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G

Snapdragon 732g

29

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Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Snapdragon 732g Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 732g 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 732g 17
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 732g 12
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 732g 71
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 732g 33
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 732g Kirin 970
CPU 101696 77046
GPU 92391 90560
Memory 54702 66398
UX 96441 59977
Total score 345230 293981
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G

  • Snapdragon 732g has 20% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (8 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 732g has 17.43% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (345 K vs 294 K).

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 2.61% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 732g (2360 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 4.94% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 732g (850 vs 810 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 732g (29.8 vs 14.9 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 732g 565
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 732g 1778
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Snapdragon 732g 108.4
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Snapdragon 732g 13.8
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 732g 26.7
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 732g 25.8
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 732g 15.6
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 732g 1.58
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Snapdragon 732g 549.4
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

6%
Snapdragon 732g
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Up to QHD+ @ 120 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3360 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10 HDR, HDR-10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

57%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 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 - -
  • L2 cache - 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache 1 MB 2 MB
  • Process 8 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count - 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 5 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 618 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 810 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 12
  • Shading units 128 192
  • FLOPS 435 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 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 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 688 Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, 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 X15 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 15 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 800 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 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 732G

Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
CPU
17%
GPU
12%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

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 732g and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 2.61% higher clock speed (2360 MHz vs 2300 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 732g and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 4.94% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 810 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 732g and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 732g with a 20% smaller transistor size (8 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 732g and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 732g with a 17.43% better score (345230 vs 293981).