Comparing HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

description_compare HiSilicon Kirin 970 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200

• Name
  HiSilicon Kirin 970 MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  6 2
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 970 MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.84 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.40 GHz 2.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Cortex-A73 1x Cortex-A78
• B core
  4x Cortex-A53 3x Cortex-A78
• C core
  -- 4x Cortex-A55

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G72 MP12 ARM Mali-G77 MP9
• GPU frequency
  0.75 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  12 9
• Shader
  192 144
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  16 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2019

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

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

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  9 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  10 nm 6 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q1/2021
• Part Number
  -- MT6893

• Used in
  Huawei Honor 10Huawei Note 10Huawei PlayHuawei Honor View 10Huawei Mate 10 ProHuawei P20Huawei Nova 3Huawei Nova 4 Unknown