HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Unisoc T820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 with Unisoc T820. 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

T820

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 970

389

T820

885

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 970

1502

T820

2426

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 2.7 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 32 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G72 MP12	Mali-G57 MP4
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	750 MHz	780 MHz
Execution units	12	4
Shaders	192	128
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3440x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	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