HiSilicon Kirin 970
[ HISILICON ] Mobile Processors

HiSilicon Kirin 970

Overall Score
26/100
GRADE D · Poor
Key Technical Specifications
Processor (CPU) 175802
Graphics (GPU) 62679
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

HiSilicon Kirin 970 is an engineering-tested mobile processors achieving an overall rating of 26/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
NanoReview Score
26/100
Rating: Poor
Performance
20/100
Rating: Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Neural processor (NPU) Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
CPU 175802
GPU 62679
Memory 126756
Total score 470805
UX 105568

CPU

CPU specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Architecture 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Cores 8
Frequency 2360 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC
Process 10 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W
Transistor count 5.5 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
4G support LTE Cat. 18
5G support No
Bluetooth 4.2
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
API Vulkan
Asset compression 87.6 MB/sec
Background blur 2.91 images/sec
Edge detection 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 3.98 images/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec
HDR 62.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 53.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 16 images/sec
PDF Renderer 61.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 409.5 FPS
Photo processing 11.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.52 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests
Stereo matching 15 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
FLOPS 214.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 746 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0
Pipelines 12
Shading units 12
Total shaders 144
Vulkan version 1

Info

Info specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Announced September 2017
Class Flagship
Model number Hi3670
Official page HiSilicon Kirin 970 official site
Successor -HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

Memory

Memory specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB
Memory frequency 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Audio codecs - 32 bit@384 kHz- HD-audio
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max display resolution 3120 x 1440
Storage type UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9- VC-1
Video playback 4K at 30FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Data manipulation score 5647
Phones tested Less than 3
Photo editing score 11646
Video editing score 5083
Web score 5445
Writing score 6779

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
Date Benchmark
📘 2023-10-31(antonio chen) GeekBench CPU
📘 2024-01-02(Пoльзoвaтeль huiвынь) GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-07-21(Guest #4) GeekBench CPU
📘 2024-09-30(danicabello2010) GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-10-19(Realalex021) AnTuTu
📘 2025-12-12(Tran loc) AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-15(DQP) AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications for HiSilicon Kirin 970
Specification Value
1.Honor 10 492523
2.Huawei P20 Pro 460393
Phones with Kirin 970 AnTuTu v11

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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