HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Samsung Exynos 7870. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 950

135741

Exynos 7870

142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 950

341

Exynos 7870

487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 950

1294

Exynos 7870

168

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-T830 MP1
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	900 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	64	16
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS