HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.5 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 Midgard 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 April 2016 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi3655
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 955
147887
Exynos 7870
142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 955
345
Exynos 7870
487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 955
1180
Exynos 7870
168