description HiSilicon Kirin 970

• Name
  HiSilicon Kirin 970
• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  6
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 970

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  9 W

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

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