Exynos 7885 vs Kirin 970
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7885 (with Mali-G71 MP2 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 Samsung Exynos 7885
- Higher GPU frequency (~74%)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 970
- Performs 12x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 69%) AnTuTu 8 score – 230K vs 136K
- Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 14 nm)
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 2200 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 55018 | 66289 |
| GPU | 25265 | 73245 |
| Memory | 30641 | 50039 |
| UX | 35906 | 41387 |
| Total score | 136207 | 230248 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 60.6 Mpixels/s | 90.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 8.46 images/s | 11.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 20.8 words/s | 24.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 14.4 images/s | 21.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 7.03 images/s | 11.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.18 Mnodes/s | 1.59 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 312.2 Krows/s | 415.6 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7885 and Kirin 970CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
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 | 64 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP2 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 746 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 12 |
| Shading units | 32 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 29 Gigaflops | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 29 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2220 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | February 2018 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 7885 official site | - |
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