Kirin 970 vs Kirin 710
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 970 (with Mali G72 MP12 graphics) and Kirin 710 (Mali-G51). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 970
- Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 40%) AnTuTu 8 score – 235K vs 167K
- Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 12 nm)
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 710
- Higher GPU frequency (~34%)
- Announced 11-months later
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 66289 | 62607 |
| GPU | 73245 | 22111 |
| Memory | 50039 | 36623 |
| UX | 41387 | 31490 |
| Total score | 235128 | 167644 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 90.1 Mpixels/s | 83.95 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.4 images/s | 11.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 24.4 words/s | 24 words/s |
| Machine learning | 21.3 images/s | 17.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 11.2 images/s | 9.81 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.59 Mnodes/s | 1.74 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 415.6 Krows/s | 454.55 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 51 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 29 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | - | 25 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 56 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 52 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Huawei Honor 10 Lite 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 970 and Kirin 710CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2360 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G72 MP12 | Mali-G51 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 746 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 12 | 4 |
| Shading units | 192 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 347 Gigaflops | 225 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | No |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2340 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2017 | July 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Official page | - | HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site |
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