HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Samsung Exynos 8895

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Samsung Exynos 8895. 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	4x 2.3 GHz – Exynos M2 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million	3000 million
TDP	9 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Mali-G71 MP20
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Bifrost
GPU frequency	750 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	12	20
Shaders	192	320
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 28MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
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	1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS