HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

HiSilicon Kirin 970
HiSilicon Kirin 960
8 Cores
8 Threads
2.36GHz Clock
8 Cores
8 Threads
2.36GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Mali-G72 MP12 746MHz
220 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Mali-G71 MP8 1037MHz
200 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 380
9%
GB6S 400
10%
GB6M 1,315
5%
GB6M 1,270
5%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
HiSilicon
Manufacturer
HiSilicon
Architecture
ARMv8.0-A
Architecture
ARMv8.0-A
Family
-
Family
-
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
-
-
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P-Core
Cortex-A73
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E-Core
Cortex-A53
Codename
-
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P-Core
Cortex-A73
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E-Core
Cortex-A53
Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
10/1/2017
Release Date
10/1/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
10FF+
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Node
16FFC
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-
-
Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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-
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
2.36GHz
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P-Core
2.36GHz
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E-Core
1.84GHz
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E-Core
1.84GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Data
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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-
16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L2
256KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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-
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-
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L2
256KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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Channels
4
Channels
2
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
32Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1866MHz
Transfer Rate
3733MT/s
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
7.5GB/s
Bandwidth
29.9GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
TDP
5W
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TDP
5W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Mali-G72 MP12 746MHz
144 Shaders
746MHz
220 GFLOPS FP32
Mali-G71 MP8 1037MHz
96 Shaders
1037MHz
200 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
-
No NPU
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-
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Modem
HiSilicon
HS LTE 18
4G
Modem
HiSilicon
Balong 750
4G
Speed
Up to 1200Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
Speed
Up to 600Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
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