HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Samsung Exynos 9820. 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	2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M4 2x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-G76 MP12
GPU Architecture	Midgard	Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	4	12
Shaders	64	192
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	8K@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	2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS