HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 670

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 670. 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 670

214730

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Snapdragon 670

338

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Snapdragon 670

1285

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 (Kryo 360 Gold) 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 360 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 615
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	750 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	12	2
Shaders	192	128
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	2560x1600
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 192MP, 2x 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) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps	0.6 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 SBAS