HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Frequency
2360 MHz
4320 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.7-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
5.5
-
TDP
9 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 830
GPU frequency
768 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
12
-
Shading units
18
1536
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
5300 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
42.7 GB/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
- AAC- 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 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
-
Hexagon
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
3,070,269
Geekbench 6
386
3,234
Geekbench 6
1,377
10,059
FP32 (float)
331
3,379