HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek MT6737

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with MediaTek MT6737. 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

MT6737

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

MT6737

140

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

MT6737

589

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 1.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million	1000 million
TDP	9 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	-

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 3 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	640 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Mali-T720 MP2
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	750 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	12	2
Shaders	192	20
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	1.1
Vulkan API	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	1280x720
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	GPS