Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
2300 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
6 nm
10 nm
TDP
4 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
5.5
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 619
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
840 MHz
768 MHz
Execution units
2
12
Shading units
128
18
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 2.2
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Yes
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
500,600
355,946
Geekbench 6
940
386
Geekbench 6
2,115
1,377
FP32 (float)
430
331