HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2360 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
5.5
2
TDP
9 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 509
GPU frequency
768 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
12
1
Shading units
18
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
5.3 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
1900 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
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. 13
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
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
220,696
Geekbench 6
386
295
Geekbench 6
1,377
1,088
FP32 (float)
331
184