HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. 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

Snapdragon 450

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Snapdragon 450

169

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Snapdragon 450

767

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million	2000 million
TDP	9 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 506
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	750 MHz	600 MHz
Execution units	12	1
Shaders	192	48
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD+@60fps
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	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS