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 significantly better (up to 47%) AnTuTu 8 score – 235K vs 160K
- Has the smaller size of the 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
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| 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 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G72 MP12 | Mali-G51 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 746 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Cores | 12 | 4 |
| FLOPS | 347 Gigaflops | 225 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1833 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 970 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site |
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