HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Samsung Exynos 2600

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Samsung Exynos 2600. 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

Exynos 2600

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

Exynos 2600

3455

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

Exynos 2600

11621

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 3.8 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz – C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz – C1-Pro
Number of cores	8	10
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.3-A
Lithography	10 nm	2 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	AI engine with 32K MAC NPU

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Xclipse 960
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	RDNA
GPU frequency	750 MHz	985 MHz
Execution units	12
Shaders	192
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.4

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@30fps
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	14.79 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