HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio G70

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with MediaTek Helio G70. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million	5500 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing		MediaTek CorePilot

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	820 MHz
Execution units	8	2
Shaders	128	32
DirectX	11.3
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS