HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2360 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
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Process
10 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
5.5
4
TDP
9 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
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Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU frequency
768 MHz
900 MHz
Execution units
12
2
Shading units
18
16
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
No
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
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
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
4
Bluetooth
4.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Info
Announced
Sep 2017
Jan 2017
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
Hi3670
Hi6250
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
355,946
103,952
Geekbench 6
386
215
Geekbench 6
1,377
810
FP32 (float)
331
57
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.