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?

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 Bifrost 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2020 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi3670 MT6889Z
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

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