HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Frequency
2360 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
128 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
10 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
5.5
1
TDP
9 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 330
GPU frequency
768 MHz
578 MHz
Execution units
12
1
Shading units
18
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
No
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
2560 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 21MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 5
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2017
Feb 2014
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
Hi3670
MSM8974 v3
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
126,118
Geekbench 6
386
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Geekbench 6
1,377
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FP32 (float)
331
148
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.