We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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 Plus Gen 149
Kirin 97015
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 151
Kirin 97012
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 186
Kirin 97064
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 162
Kirin 97030
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Kirin 970
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Kirin 970
CPU
243697
77046
GPU
478120
90560
Memory
191931
66398
UX
184166
59977
Total score
1097914
293981
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has
35.59%
higher CPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (3200 vs
2360 MHz).
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has
5.88%
higher GPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (900 vs
850 MHz).
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has
71.49%
higher memory frequency than
Kirin 970 (3200 vs
1866 MHz).
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has
60%
smaller sized transistor than
Kirin 970 (4 vs
10 nm).
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has
273.46%
better AnTuTu 9 score than
Kirin 970 (1,098 K
vs
294 K).
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence
better than
Kirin 970.
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support
108.33%
higher memory bandwidth than
Kirin 970 (2500 vs
1200 MHz).