HiSilicon Kirin 970
MediaTek Helio G90
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Comparing HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

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Released
Q3/2017
Released
Q3/2019
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Comparison of video cards. HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences
Reasons to consider
HiSilicon Kirin 970
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  • Higher turbo clock speed
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.05 GHz
    Around 15% better overclocked clock speed
Reasons to consider
MediaTek Helio G90
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  • Higher clock speed
    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.84 GHz
    Around 8% better clock speed
Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970
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CPU generation and family

description_compare HiSilicon Kirin 970 and MediaTek Helio G90

  • Name
    HiSilicon Kirin 970 left arrow MediaTek Helio G90
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    HiSilicon Kirin left arrow Mediatek Dimensity
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 970 left arrow MediaTek Helio G90
CPU Cores and Base Frequency

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

  • Frequency
    1.84 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.05 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    4x Cortex-A73 left arrow 2x Cortex-A76
  • B core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow 6x Cortex-A55
Internal Graphics
  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-G72 MP12 left arrow ARM Mali-G76 MP4
  • GPU frequency
    0.75 GHz left arrow 0.72 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 64
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 4 GB
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    Bifrost 2 left arrow Bifrost 3
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow Q3/2018
Hardware codec support
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory & PCIe
  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133 left arrow LPDDR4X-2133
  • Max. Memory
    8 GB left arrow 10 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management
  • TDP (PL1)
    9 W left arrow
Technical details
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 left arrow Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow Q3/2019
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow MT6785V/CD
Devices using this processor
  • Used in
    Huawei Honor 10Huawei Note 10Huawei PlayHuawei Honor View 10Huawei Mate 10 ProHuawei P20Huawei Nova 3Huawei Nova 4 left arrow Unknown
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