HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2360 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
5.5
-
TDP
9 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Mali-G57 MP6
GPU frequency
768 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
12
6
Shading units
18
64
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
31.78 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3360 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
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, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Info

Announced
Sep 2017
Mar 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
Hi3670
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Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
355,946
498,005
Geekbench 6
386
-
Geekbench 6
1,377
-
FP32 (float)
331
652