Processor HiSilicon Kirin 970, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor HiSilicon Kirin 970

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 970
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

HiSilicon Kirin 970 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

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

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G72 MP12
• GPU frequency
  0.75 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  Bifrost 2
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  16 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  4
• PCIe version
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  9 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  10 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017
• Part Number
  --

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