Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
2450 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
128 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
10 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
3
5.5
TDP
9 W
9 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 540
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
739 MHz
768 MHz
Execution units
1
12
Shading units
384
18
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
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, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 16
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Nov 2016
Sep 2017
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8998
Hi3670
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
339,384
355,946
Geekbench 6
415
386
Geekbench 6
1,519
1,377
FP32 (float)
567
331