MediaTek Dimensity 6080
HiSilicon Kirin 970
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MediaTek Dimensity 6080 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2023
MediaTek Dimensity 6080
MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Released
Q3/2017
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
HiSilicon Kirin 970

What's the best choice MediaTek Dimensity 6080 or HiSilicon Kirin 970? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

MediaTek Dimensity 6080 has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2023.

HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a maximum frequency of 1.84 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 9 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 23% better clock speed

    2.40 GHz left arrow 1.84 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions MediaTek Dimensity 6080 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1747 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 970 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1309 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1118 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1105 place

Specifications

Technical data
MediaTek Dimensity 6080 MediaTek Dimensity 6080
HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Mediatek Dimensity left arrow HiSilicon Kirin
  • CPU group
    MediaTek Dimensity 6000 left arrow HiSilicon Kirin 970
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    0 left arrow 6
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-G57 MP2 left arrow ARM Mali-G72 MP12
  • GPU frequency
    0.01 GHz left arrow 0.75 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow 12
  • Shader
    32 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    Vallhall 1 left arrow Bifrost 2
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 16 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q3/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 970 and MediaTek Dimensity 6080. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133 left arrow LPDDR4X-2133
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 8 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 4
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 6080 and HiSilicon Kirin 970 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 6080 and MediaTek Dimensity 6080, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    -- left arrow N/A
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 left arrow Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between MediaTek Dimensity 6080 and HiSilicon Kirin 970.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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