Exynos 2100 Vs Kirin 970
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Exynos 2100 vs Kirin 970 SoCs by Samsung 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 Samsung Exynos 2100
- Exynos 2100 has 22.88% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2900 vs 2360 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (5 vs 10 nm).
- Exynos 2100 has 155.71% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (752 K vs 294 K).
- Exynos 2100 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
- Exynos 2100 Support 71.81% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (51.2 vs 29.8 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 Support 156.00% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 (3072 vs 1200 MHz).
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 11.84% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 (850 vs 760 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 202484 | 77046 |
GPU | 285430 | 90560 |
Memory | 123653 | 66398 |
UX | 140161 | 59977 |
Total score | 751728 | 293981 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 170.5 Mpixels/s | 76.9 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 26.7 images/s | 14 images/s |
Speech recognition | 64.15 words/s | 24.5 words/s |
Machine learning | 51.35 images/s | 21.8 images/s |
Camera shooting | 33.9 images/s | 11.4 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3.21 Mnodes/s | 1.46 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 970.15 Mnodes/s | 417.7 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
44%
Samsung 21008%
Kirin 970Score: 5655
Stability | 66% | 80% |
Graphics test | 33 FPS | 6 FPS |
Score | 5655 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Samsung Exynos 2100 and Hisilicon Kirin 970Display
Max On-Device Display | 4K @ 120 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | 4K @ 60 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max External Display | 8K @ 60 Hz | - |
HDR | HDR10+ | HDR, HDR-10 |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
84%
Samsung 210068%
Kirin 970
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2200 MHz | 1840 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2900 MHz | 2360 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
Process | 5 nm | 10 nm |
Transistor count | - | 5.5 Billion |
TDP | 9 W | 9 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G78 MP14 | Mali G72 MP12 |
Architecture | Valhall 2 | Bifrost |
GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 850 MHz |
Execution units | 14 | 12 |
Shading units | 224 | 192 |
FLOPS | 976 Gigaflops | 347 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 1866 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) | Dedicated NPU |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
Max display resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 | Exynos Modem 5200 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7526 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3758 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 4.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
Announced Date | December 2020 | September 2017 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | S5E9840 | Hi3670 |
Official page | Exynos 2100 official site | Kirin 970 official site |