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39

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 860

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 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 860 24
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 19
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 39
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 860 Kirin 970
CPU 143028 77046
GPU 179320 90560
Memory 69420 66398
UX 72190 59977
Total score 463958 293981
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 25.42% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2960 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 30% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (7 vs 10 nm).
  • Snapdragon 860 has 57.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (464 K vs 294 K).
  • Snapdragon 860 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Snapdragon 860 Support 66.67% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (2000 vs 1200 MHz).

Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970

  • Kirin 970 has 25.93% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (850 vs 675 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

18%
Snapdragon 860
Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 2 MB
  • Process 7 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count - 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 12
  • Shading units 384 192
  • FLOPS 1037 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 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 5000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 2000 Mbps 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
24%
GPU
19%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

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 860 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 860 with a 25.42% higher clock speed (2960 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Snapdragon 860 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Kirin 970 with a 25.93% higher GPU clock speed (850 MHz vs 675 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 860 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 860 with a 14.31% higher memory frequency (2133 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 860 and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 860 with a 30% smaller transistor size (7 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 860 and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 860 with a 57.82% better score (463958 vs 293981).