HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million
TDP 9 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Adreno 640
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU frequency 750 MHz 590 MHz
Execution units 12 4
Shaders 192 384
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K
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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3670 SM8150
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 970
318577
Snapdragon 855
518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Snapdragon 855
738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Snapdragon 855
2593