HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. 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 801

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
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	6 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

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	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	750 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	12	1
Shaders	192	128
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.0	1.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	2560x2048
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@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	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS