HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 970, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 970 and MediaTek Helio G99
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 970
353467
MediaTek Helio G99
422461
CPU80042131367
GPU10649971737
Memory81766100728
UX85160118629
NanoReview Score353467422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 970
828
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability75 %n/a
Graphics Test4 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 970
383
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 970
1373
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression83.3 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser49.3 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering51.8 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur2.33 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing10.3 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection14 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR51.8 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.62 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 37 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 4/2.36 (Cortex A73)
- 4/1.84 (Cortex A53)
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 2200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 10 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 9 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 746 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 12 2
Shader Units 12 32
Total shader 144 64
FLOPS 214.8 GFLOPS 128 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 3120x1440 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - 32 bit@384 kHz
- HD-audio
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 1200 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2017 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi3670 MT6789

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