HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. 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 860

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Snapdragon 860

996

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Snapdragon 860

2580

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 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	6700 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	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	750 MHz	675 MHz
Execution units	12	3
Shaders	192	768
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
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@120fps
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	5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS