Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1580 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 970 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 4x 2.36 GHz - Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz - Cortex A53
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2900 MHz 2360 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 5.5 billion
TDP Not available 9 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
L2 cache Not available 512 KB
L3 cache Not available 2 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
GPU Samsung Xclipse 540 Mali G72 MP12
GPU architecture Magellan (RDNA 3) Bifrost
GPU clock Not available 850 MHz
Execution units Not available 12
Shaders Not available 192
FLOPS Not available 347 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 970
Release October 2024 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 Hi3670
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 18
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh

HiSilicon Kirin 970

PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova 4
Huawei

Huawei Nova 4

3.4
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2310 pixels (6.40 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3750 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova 3 Dual SIM
Huawei

Huawei Nova 3 Dual SIM

3.8
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3750 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova 3
Huawei

Huawei Nova 3

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3750 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei P20 Pro
Huawei

Huawei P20 Pro

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2240 pixels (6.10 inch…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei P20
Huawei

Huawei P20

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2244 pixels (5.80 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3400 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Mate 10 Dual SIM
Huawei

Huawei Mate 10 Dual SIM

3.1
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1440 × 2560 pixels (5.90 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Mate 10 Pro Dual SIM
Huawei

Huawei Mate 10 Pro Dual SIM

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2160 pixels (6.00 inch…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh