HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  6 5
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 710

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.

• Frequency
  1.84 GHz 1.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.40 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Cortex-A73 4x Cortex-A73
• B core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A53

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-G72 MP12 ARM Mali-G51 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.75 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  12 8
• Shader
  192 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Bifrost 1
• DirectX Version
  12 11
• Technology
  16 nm 12 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 710 and HiSilicon Kirin 970. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR3LPDDR4
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 970 and HiSilicon Kirin 710 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  9 W 5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 970 and HiSilicon Kirin 970, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  10 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2018