Snapdragon 730 vs Kirin 970
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (with Adreno 618 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 730
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Announced 1 year and 8 months later
- Has the smaller size of the transistor (8 versus 10 nm)
- Performs 11% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 8 score – 249K vs 228K
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 970
- Supports 95% higher memory bandwidth (29 against 14.9 GB/s)
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 2200 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~7%)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 700 MHz | 746 MHz |
| Cores | - | 12 |
| Number of ALUs | 128 | - |
| FLOPS | 385 Gigaflops | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1833 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) | Qualcomm Hexagon 688 DSP | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | 384 kHz/32 bit | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | April 2019 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7150-AA | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 970 official site |
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