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HiSilicon Kirin 970 HiSilicon Kirin 970 — Specifications and benchmarks. .
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Maximum supported memory differs from installed RAM. Unified or shared memory is not dedicated VRAM. TDP, base power and maximum power have different definitions and conditions. System measurements do not establish the performance of an isolated chip. Related hardware ARM Mali-G72 MP12 Relationship evidence {
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Compute Parameter Value and conditions CPU cores 8 Source and conditions View source ↗
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Connectivity and features Parameter Value and conditions Kirin NPU identity and capabilities • Dedicated NPU Source and conditions View source ↗
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Public benchmarks Compare results with matching versions, scenes, settings and statistics. A run count of 0 identifies an aggregate or reported value, not a newly measured run.
Geekbench (3) Geekbench 2 CPU overall 6,877.5 points
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} Speedometer (1) Speedometer 2.0 total 27.9 runs/min
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View source ↗ 2026-10-10 Manufacturer factual specifications extracted from retained Chinese-language HTML; copyright retained; no raw HTML redistribution license asserted View source ↗ 2026-10-09 Public facts retained from original HTML or explicitly identified browser text snapshot; no inferred performance View source ↗ 2026-10-09 Public benchmark facts; source aggregates retained; original snapshot local