HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2360 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
10 nm
6 nm
Transistor count
5.5
-
TDP
9 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
768 MHz
1110 MHz
Execution units
12
1
Shading units
18
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 686
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
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 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
310,059
Geekbench 6
386
414
Geekbench 6
1,377
1,447
FP32 (float)
331
284