HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
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	11 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	750 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	12	2
Shaders	192	256
DirectX	12	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.1
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 28MP, 2x
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	0.6 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