HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
2360 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
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L2 cache
0
2.75 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
10 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
5.5
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TDP
9 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 825
GPU frequency
768 MHz
1150 MHz
Execution units
12
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Shading units
18
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Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
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5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2017
Apr 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
Hi3670
SM8735
AI
NPU
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Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
2,186,467
Geekbench 6
386
2,159
Geekbench 6
1,377
7,227
FP32 (float)
331
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.