HiSilicon Kirin 710F vs HiSilicon Kirin 970 benchmark which processor is better

Kirin 710F vs Kirin 970

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 710F vs HiSilicon Kirin 970, compare of GPUs Mali-G72 MP12 and Mali-G71 MP4.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 710F is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A73) and Kirin 970 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough analysis of all the specifications of the CPUs, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications such as Geekbench, Octane V2, AnTuTu 8, Quadrant, GFXBench, Neocore, Vellamo, WebXPRT 3, PassMark, 3DMark, Mozilla Kraken, PCMark, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG, Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, Sniper 3D, Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which SoCs is better to buy Kirin 710F or Kirin 970 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 710F

Kirin 970

11%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 710F

62%

Kirin 970

64%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 710F

Kirin 970

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 710F	Kirin 970
Total score	132067	160216
CPU	36974	44870
GPU	50180	60875
MEM	21140	25631
UX	23762	28844

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 710F	Kirin 970
Single-Core	270	328
Multi-Core	1188	1379

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 710F	Kirin 970
Frequency	2200 MHz	2400 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	10 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	9 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	6 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	933	1600
Memory bandwidth		29
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 970 is 8% better than Kirin 710F in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP4	Mali-G72 MP12
GPU Frequency	950 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	169	346
# of Cores	4	12
# of Shader Units
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	24.8	20.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	48.1	24.4
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	60.7	53.4
Call of Duty: Mobile	27.4	27.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	42.8	21.1
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	62.4	30.3
Real Racing 3	75.9	106.8
Sniper 3D	115.3	85.4
Need for Speed No Limits	97.1	64.1
Mortal Kombat X	78.9	77.4
CSR Racing 2	85	64.1

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	16 MP	20 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264

Networks and Navigation

Modem		18
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	1200 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 710F is better: 14
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 970 is better: 22
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of joint comparison and listen to what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors Kirin 710F and Kirin 970, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 710F SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10

• Kirin 710F specs and review.

Kirin 970 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Kirin 970 specs and review.