Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
4610 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
10 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
-
5.5
TDP
-
9 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
768 MHz
Shading units
512
18
Execution units
-
12
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
1866 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- 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
Max display resolution
-
3120 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Download speed
-
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
355,946
Geekbench 6
3,834
386
Geekbench 6
12,396
1,377
FP32 (float)
3,686
331