Kirin 970 vs Kirin 9000S
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 970 (with Mali-G72 MP12 graphics) and Kirin 9000S (Maleoon 910). 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
- Performs 7.2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.3x) AnTuTu 11 score β 1062K vs 470K
- Supports 48% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 29.8 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2620 vs 2360 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 175802 | 432016 |
| GPU | 62679 | 115680 |
| Memory | 126756 | 259116 |
| UX | 105568 | 255394 |
| Total score | 470805 | 1062256 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [8 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 87.6 MB/sec | 172.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 53.2 pages/sec | 125.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 61.4 Mpixels/sec | 136.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 16 images/sec | 76.8 images/sec |
| HDR | 62.2 Mpixels/sec | 118.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.91 images/sec | 11.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11.7 images/sec | 45.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.52 Mpixels/sec | 5.15 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 5 tests | 3 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.13 images/sec | 5.02 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.98 images/sec | 2.75 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec | 0.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | 0.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.15 Gpixels/sec | 0.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 15 Gpixels/sec | 8.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 409.5 FPS | 311.1 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 2 tests | Less than 3 |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 303 |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5445 | - |
| Video editing score | 5083 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 5647 | - |
| Photo editing score | 11646 | - |
| Writing score | 6779 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 970
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-08 (tigersusyt) | AnTuTu 11 | 507642 |
| π 2026-01-15 (DQP) | AnTuTu 11 | 492523 |
| π 2025-12-12 (Tran loc) | AnTuTu 11 | 460393 |
| π 2025-10-19 (Realalex021) | AnTuTu 11 | 470805 |
| π 2024-09-30 (danicabello2010) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 422 / 1376 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-12-18 (Kirillkas) | AnTuTu 11 | 1096426 |
| π 2025-12-03 (ZzZQT x Invincible) | AnTuTu 11 | 1062256 |
| π 2025-11-15 -> Guevsace | AnTuTu 11 | 874659 |
| π 2025-10-14 (-waveTech) | AnTuTu 11 | 961938 |
| π 2025-10-09 (Jerryk) | AnTuTu 11 | 1033575 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 970 and Kirin 9000SCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz β Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz β Cortex A53 |
1x 2.62 GHz β TaiShan V120 3x 2.15 GHz β TaiShan V120 4x 1.53 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2360 MHz | 2620 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 7 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G72 MP12 | Maleoon 910 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2nd gen | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 746 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 4 |
| Shading units | 12 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 144 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 214.8 Gigaflops | 1536 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 44 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| 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
| Modem | - | Balong 5000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 4600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2017 | August 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Hi3670 | Hi36A0V120, Hi36A0V120 |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 970 official site | - |
| Successor | - HiSilicon Kirin 9000S | - |
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