HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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
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GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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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 |
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