Comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 960 and HiSilicon Kirin 970 [S]ave
| Attribute |  HiSilicon Kirin 970 × | HiSilicon Kirin 960 × |
|---|---|---|
| General Information | ||
| Brand | HiSilicon | HiSilicon |
| Series | HiSilicon Kirin | HiSilicon Kirin |
| Model | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 1.84 | 1.8 |
| CPU Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Hyperthreading | - | - |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| A core | 4x Cortex-A73 | 4x Cortex-A73 |
| B core | 4x Cortex-A53 | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Encryption | ||
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | ||
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode | Decode |
| VP8 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode / Encode | No |
| VP9 | Decode / Encode | No |
| AVC | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| Internal Graphics | ||
| GPU name | ARM Mali-G72 MP12 | ARM Mali-G71 MP8 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.75 | 0.9 |
| Generation | 0 | 0 |
| DirectX Version | 12 | 11 |
| Execution units | 12 | 8 |
| Shader | 192 | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 2 | 2 |
| Max. displays | 1 | 2 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2017 | 2016 |
| Memory And PCIe | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-2133 | LPDDR4-1600 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 8 | 6 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| Technical details | ||
| Release date (year) | 2017 | 2016 |
| Technology (Nm) | 10 | 16 |
| Virtualization |
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| L3-Cache (MB) | 2 | 4 |
| Architecture | ARM | ARM |
| Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | ||
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 9 | 5 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 330 | 245 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 349 | 381 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,455 | 1,491 |
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