HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek Helio P35

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with MediaTek Helio P35. 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 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 10 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million
TDP 9 Watt 2.2 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture Bifrost Rogue
GPU frequency 750 MHz 680 MHz
Execution units 12 1
Shaders 192 64
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 1.2
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 2400x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 25MP, 1x 13MP + 1x 13MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps FullHD@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.2 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
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3670 MT6765
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 970
318577
Helio P35
115761

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Helio P35
171

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Helio P35
975