MediaTek MT8382 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

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MediaTek MT8382 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 970
MediaTek MT8382 HiSilicon Kirin 970

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8382 or HiSilicon Kirin 970 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The MediaTek MT8382 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8382 was released in Q2/2014.

The HiSilicon Kirin 970 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 was released in Q3/2017.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
MediaTek MT83xx A7 (6) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1)
1 Generation 6
Cortex-A7 Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8382 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz.

MediaTek MT8382 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 970
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
A-Core 2.40 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

MediaTek MT8382 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 970
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU ARM Mali-G72 MP12
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 0.75 GHz
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation Bifrost 2
28nm Technology 16 nm
1 Max. displays 1
2 Compute units 12
32 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
0 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU ARM Mali-G72 MP12
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8382 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

MediaTek MT8382 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 970
Memory LPDDR4X-2133
Max. Memory 8 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek MT8382 has a TDP of --, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 970 is 9 W.

MediaTek MT8382 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 970
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8382 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 970 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

MediaTek MT8382 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 970
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8382 (21%)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8382 (17%)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek MT8382 MediaTek MT8382
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
72 (21%)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
349 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek MT8382 MediaTek MT8382
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
244 (17%)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1455 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
MediaTek MT8382 MediaTek MT8382
ARM Mali-400 MP2 @ 0.50 GHz
9 (3%)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970
ARM Mali-G72 MP12 @ 0.75 GHz
330 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT8382 HiSilicon Kirin 970
Unknown Huawei Honor 10
Huawei Note 10
Huawei Play
Huawei Honor View 10
Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Huawei P20
Huawei Nova 3
Huawei Nova 4

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