HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 8890

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Samsung Exynos 8890. 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	4x 2.3 GHz – Exynos M1 4x 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	5 Watt

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-T880 MP12
GPU Architecture	Midgard	Midgard
GPU frequency	900 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	4	12
Shaders	64	192
DirectX	11.2	11.1
OpenCL API	1.2	1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 24MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	4K@60fps
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	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS