HiSilicon Kirin 970
Kirin 970 is one of HiSilicon flagship CPU. It was announced in 2017 September. 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz), 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz). and supports UFS 2.1, 4G, LPDDR4.
CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Number of cores | 8 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8-A |
| Lithography | 10 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5500 million |
| TDP | 9 Watt |
| Neural Processing | HiSilicon NPU |
Memory (RAM)
| Max amount | up to 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz |
| Memory-bus | 4x16 bit |
Storage
| Storage specification | UFS 2.1 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP12 |
| GPU Architecture | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 750 MHz |
| Execution units | 12 |
| Shaders | 192 |
| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenCL API | 2.0 |
| Vulkan API | 1.0 |
Camera, Video, Display
| Max screen resolution | 2340x1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Max Video Capture | 4K@30fps |
| Video codec support | H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
Wireless
| 4G network | Yes |
| 5G network | Yes |
| Peak Download Speed | 1.2 Gbps |
| Peak Upload Speed | 0.15 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 (802.11ac) |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2017 September |
| Partnumber | Hi3670 |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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