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CPU
Architecture
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
1400 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
28 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
1
5.5
TDP
6 W
9 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
512 KB
L2 cache
—
0
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 505
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
450 MHz
768 MHz
Execution units
1
12
Shading units
48
18
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
800 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
—
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 4
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2017
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MSM8937
Hi3670
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
135,324
355,946
Geekbench 6
206
386
Geekbench 6
832
1,377
FP32 (float)
43
331
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.