Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 vs Hisilicon Kirin 970
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Snapdragon 695 and Kirin 970 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Hisilicon respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Snapdragon 695
- Snapdragon 695 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
- Snapdragon 695 has 26.33 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (371 K vs 294 K).
- Snapdragon 695 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
- Snapdragon 695 supports -33.33 % higher download speed than Kirin 970 ( 800 vs 1200 Mbps).
Pros of Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 7.27 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 695 ( 2360 vs 2200 MHz).
- Kirin 970 has 1.19 % higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 695 ( 850 vs 840 MHz).
- Kirin 970 has 66.67 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 695 ( 10 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 970 Support 75.29 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 695 ( 29.8 vs 17 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 115765 | 77046 |
| GPU | 93638 | 90560 |
| Memory | 60715 | 66398 |
| UX | 101282 | 59977 |
| Total score | 371400 | 293981 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 80% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 1204 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 695 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1700MHz | 1840MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2200MHz | 2360MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 12 |
| Shading units | 128 | 192 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 536 Gigaflops | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Dedicated NPU |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 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, 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 | Snapdragon X51 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 1500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 210 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2021 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM6375 | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 695 official site | Kirin 970 official site |