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Huawei Kirin 970 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Huawei Kirin 970
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
26.3Inno Score
29.6CPU26.6
—GPU22.5
20Efficiencyspec-based32.1
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9702 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 970 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 970

  • Stronger CPU score: 30 vs 27

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

  • 19% higher Max clock: 2.8 GHz vs 2.36 GHz

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Announced20172018
Process10 nm10 nm
TDP (typical)—10 W
ArchitectureARM (Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53 cores)Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Cores88
Core configuration4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A73 + 4x1.84 GHz Cortex-A534x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) + 4x1.77 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Max clock2.36 GHz2.8 GHz+19%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPUArm Mali-G72 MP12Qualcomm Adreno 630

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
NPUDedicated NPU (HiAI)Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4X-1866
Max bandwidth—29.9 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
ModemIntegrated LTE Cat-18/13Snapdragon X20 LTE
Max download1.2 Gbps—
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth—5.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Max display—4K @ 60Hz
Video capture4K@30fps4K@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 970 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
SpecHuawei Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Geekbench 6 (single)—590Bottom 21%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—2,200Bottom 37%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—506Bottom 39%

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