HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 7880

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Samsung Exynos 7880. 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
8x 1.9 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 4 Watt

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-T830 MP3
GPU Architecture Midgard Midgard
GPU frequency 900 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 64 48
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 2560x1440
Max camera resolution 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP 1x 22MP
Max Video Capture FullHD@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 4.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 November 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi3650
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 950
135741
Exynos 7880
158857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 950
341
Exynos 7880
169

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 950
1294
Exynos 7880
645