HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. 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 3.00 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver) |
Number of cores | 8 | 8 |
Instruction Set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
Lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Number of transistors | 5500 million | 10300 million |
TDP | 9 Watt | 8 Watt |
Neural Processing | HiSilicon NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon 780 |
Memory (RAM)
Max amount | up to 8 GB | up to 16 GB |
Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Memory-bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
Storage
Storage specification | UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1 |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G72 MP12 | Adreno 660 |
GPU Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 750 MHz | 900 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 64MP |
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 |
Supplemental Information
Launch Date | 2017 September | 2021 Quarter 3 |
Partnumber | Hi3670 | SM8350-AC |
Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
Positioning | Flagship | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
Score
GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
Score
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