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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 970

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 970

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and HiSilicon Kirin 970 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
  • Higher Frequency: 2800 MHz (2800 MHz vs 2360 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2017 (December 2017 vs September 2017)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
December 2017
Launch Date
September 2017
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SDM845
Model Name
Hi3670
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
8
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
10 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
2360 MHz
3
Transistor count
5.5

GPU Specifications

Adreno 630
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
710 MHz
GPU frequency
768 MHz
0.727 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3318 TFLOPS
256
Shading units
18
2
Execution units
12
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
4.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon 685
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
256 KB
L2 Cache
2 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
1x 192MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
9 W
TDP
9 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 845
566 +47%
Kirin 970
386
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 845
2075 +51%
Kirin 970
1377
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 845
742 +129%
Kirin 970
324
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 845
457459 +26%
Kirin 970
363065