MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs HiSilicon Kirin 970. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 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
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1353134
HiSilicon Kirin 970
353467
CPU32436080042
GPU484687106499
Memory26507681766
UX27901185160
NanoReview Score1353134353467
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 970
828
Stabilityn/a75 %
Graphics Testn/a4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
HiSilicon Kirin 970
383
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
HiSilicon Kirin 970
1373
File Compression181.9 MB/s83.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s49.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s2.33 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s10.3 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s14 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec2.62 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4/2.36 (Cortex A73)
- 4/1.84 (Cortex A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 2360
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 5.5 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Mali-G72 MP12
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 746 MHz
Execution Units 6 12
Shader Units 128 12
Total shader 768 144
FLOPS 2150.4 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 MediaTek APU 780 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- 32 bit@384 kHz
- HD-audio

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr September, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA Hi3670

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8350 the clear winner in this comparison.

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