Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 35.59% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 2360 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 15.29% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (980 vs 850 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 125.08% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (4200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 334.30% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (1,277 K vs 294 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Support 108.33% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (2500 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 270867 | 77046 |
| GPU | 567801 | 90560 |
| Memory | 239879 | 66398 |
| UX | 198202 | 59977 |
| Total score | 1276749 | 293981 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 251.3 Mpixels/s | 76.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 46.2 images/s | 14 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 122.9 words/s | 24.5 words/s |
| Machine learning | 114.1 images/s | 21.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 51.7 images/s | 11.4 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 5.81 Mnodes/s | 1.46 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1510 Mnodes/s | 417.7 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
100%
SD 8 Gen 28%
Kirin 970Score: 12967
| Stability | - | 80% |
| Graphics test | 81 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 12967 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Hisilicon Kirin 970Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 | HDR, HDR-10 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
85%
SD 8 Gen 262%
Kirin 970
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1840 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 0.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 4 nm | 10 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 Billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 740 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | - | 12 |
| Shading units | - | 192 |
| FLOPS | - | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Dedicated NPU |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1 x 200 MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X70 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced Date | November 2022 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8550-AB | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | Kirin 970 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
63
Review By TenzysTech
Hisilicon Kirin 970
22.75
Review By TenzysTech
