HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Frequency
2360 MHz
2840 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
10 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
5.5
6.7
TDP
9 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
768 MHz
585 MHz
Execution units
12
2
Shading units
18
384
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
34.13 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 690
Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
592,031
Geekbench 6
386
939
Geekbench 6
1,377
2,855
FP32 (float)
331
898