Snapdragon 690 vs Kirin 970
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 (with Adreno 619L graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 970 (Mali G72 MP12). 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Announced 2-years and 10-months later
- Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 8 score – 318K vs 230K
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 970
- Supports 95% higher memory bandwidth (29 against 14.9 GB/s)
- 18% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 2000 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 106188 | 66289 |
| GPU | 62482 | 73245 |
| Memory | 55313 | 50039 |
| UX | 59570 | 41387 |
| Total score | 318332 | 230248 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 90.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 11.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 24.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 21.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 11.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 1.59 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 415.6 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 690 and Kirin 970CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619L | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | - | 746 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 12 |
| Shading units | 128 | 192 |
| FLOPS | - | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 29 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 692 | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio |
Connectivity
| Modem | X51 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | June 2020 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM6350 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site | - |
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