HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Samsung Exynos 9810

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Samsung Exynos 9810. 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 2.9 GHz – Exynos M3
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 10 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million 5300 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 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G72 MP18
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 750 MHz 570 MHz
Execution units 12 18
Shaders 192 288
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 3840x2400@90Hz
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 1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 September 2018 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi3670 S5E9810
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 970
318577
Exynos 9810
465730

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Exynos 9810

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Exynos 9810