HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710, vs HiSilicon Kirin 970. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710 and HiSilicon Kirin 970
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 710
249206
HiSilicon Kirin 970
353467
CPU9078780042
GPU34397106499
Memory5576081766
UX6826285160
NanoReview Score249206353467
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
HiSilicon Kirin 970
828
Stability84 %75 %
Graphics Test2 fps4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
HiSilicon Kirin 970
383
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
HiSilicon Kirin 970
1373
File Compression73.7 MB/s83.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s49.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering48 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Background Blur1.76 frames/s2.33 frames/s
Photo Processing9.59 frames/s10.3 frames/s
Image Detection12.8 frames/s14 frames/s
HDR42.8 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.98 MP/sec2.62 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 51 FPS (Medium) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 29 FPS (Low) n/a
FortniteFortnite 25 FPS (Low) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 52 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Honor 10 Lite (1080x2340) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4/2.36 (Cortex A73)
- 4/1.84 (Cortex A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2360
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 512 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 MB n/a
Process tech. 12 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion 5.5 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G72 MP12
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 746 MHz
Execution Units 4 12
Shader Units 8 12
Total shader 32 144
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 214.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 32 bit@384 kHz
- HD-audio

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced July, 2018 yr September, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename Hi6260 Hi3670

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