HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Samsung Exynos 7880

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Samsung Exynos 7880. 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
8x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 10 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million 2000 million
TDP 9 Watt 4 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 933 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-T830 MP3
GPU Architecture Bifrost Midgard
GPU frequency 750 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 12 3
Shaders 192 48
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 1.2
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 2560x1440
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 22MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.2 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 4.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi3670
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 970
318577
Exynos 7880
158857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Exynos 7880
169

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Exynos 7880
645