Hisilicon Kirin 970

Hisilicon Kirin 970
  • GPU: Mali G72 MP12 GPU
  • Cores: 8
  • Clock: 850 MHz
Hisilicon Kirin 970 is an 8-core processor introduced on September 17, 2017 and built on a 10-nanometer fabrication technique. It has 4 Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2360 MHz and 4 Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1840 MHz integrated with Mali G72 MP12 Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) clocked at 850 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
15
Gaming Performance
12
Battery life
64
Tech Insist Score
30

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Hisilicon Kirin 970
293981
CPU 77046
GPU 90560
Memory 66398
UX 59977
Total score 293981

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
390
Multi-Core Score
1361

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the A18 Pro SoC with Hisilicon Kirin 970 GPU graphics

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Cores 8
Instruction set ARMv8-A
L2 cache 0.5 MB
L3 cache 2 MB
Process 10 nm
Transistor count 5.5 Billion
TDP 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali G72 MP12
Architecture Bifrost
GPU frequency 850 MHz
Execution units 12
Shading units 192
FLOPS 347 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0
DirectX version 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz
Max bandwidth 29.8 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max size 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Dedicated NPU
Storage type UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio

Connectivity

5G support No
Download 5G speed Up to - Mbps
Upload 5G speed Up to - Mbps
4G support LTE Cat. 18
Download 4G speed Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload 4G speed Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced Date September 2017
Class Flagship
Model number Hi3670
Official page Hisilicon Kirin 970 official site
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