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.
Features
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 257
Kirin 97015
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 260
Kirin 97012
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 286
Kirin 97064
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 268
Kirin 97030
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
Kirin 970
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Kirin 970
CPU
270867
77046
GPU
567801
90560
Memory
239879
66398
UX
198202
59977
Total score
1276749
293981
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).