HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2360 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
10 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
5.5
2
TDP
9 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
768 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
12
1
Shading units
18
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
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. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Sep 2017
Nov 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
Hi3670
MSM8996
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
260,148
Geekbench 6
386
323
Geekbench 6
1,377
827
FP32 (float)
331
319
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.