Samsung Exynos 2100 vs Hisilicon Kirin 970

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Exynos 2100 vs Kirin 970 SoCs, developed by Samsung and Hisilicon respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Exynos 2100
  • Exynos 2100 has 22.88% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2900 vs 2360 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 has 155.71 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (752 K vs 294 K).
  • Exynos 2100 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • Exynos 2100 supports 71.81 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 ( 51.2 vs 29.8 MHz).
  • Exynos 2100 supports 156.00 % higher download speed than Kirin 970 ( 3072 vs 1200 Mbps).
Pros of Kirin 970
  • Kirin 970 has 11.84 % higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 ( 850 vs 760 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 100.00 % smaller sized transistor than Exynos 2100 ( 10 vs 5 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
751728
CPU 202484 77046
GPU 285430 90560
Memory 123653 66398
UX 140161 59977
Total score 751728 293981

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 66% 80%
Graphics test 33 FPS 6 FPS
Score 5655 1050

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2100 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2200MHz 1840MHz
Turbo Frequency 2900MHz 2360MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - 0.5 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistor count - 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP14 Mali G72 MP12
Architecture Valhall 2 Bifrost
GPU frequency 760 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 14 12
Shading units 224 192
Total shaders 448 384
FLOPS 976 Gigaflops 347 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) Dedicated NPU

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 4096 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 Exynos Modem 5200 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7526 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3758 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 422 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2020 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9840 Hi3670
Official page Exynos 2100 official site Kirin 970 official site