HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2. 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 4s Gen 2

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

824

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

1867

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	750 MHz
Execution units	12
Shaders	192
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	2520x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 84MP, 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)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps	1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS