HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 970

318577

Dimensity 1000 Plus

602175

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Dimensity 1000 Plus

793

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Dimensity 1000 Plus

2902

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	750 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	12	9
Shaders	192	144
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 80MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@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	1.2 Gbps	4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS