HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Samsung Exynos 2500. 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 955

147887

Exynos 2500

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Exynos 2500

2653

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Exynos 2500

9901

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925 5x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	8	10
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Xclipse 950
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	RDNA
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	4	8
Shaders	64
DirectX	11.2	12.1
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.4

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS