HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 3.20 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 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	10 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 698

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 650
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	750 MHz	670 MHz
Execution units	12	2
Shaders	192	512
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@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS