HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. 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 8s Gen 4

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2171

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6935

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores 8 3
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Lithography 10 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million
TDP 9 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon NPU Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Adreno 825
GPU Architecture Mali Bifrost Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency 750 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution units 12 2
Shaders 192 1024
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 320MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 8K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.2 Gbps 4.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 4.2 6.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2025 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi3670 SM8735
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship