HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Samsung Exynos 9610

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Samsung Exynos 9610. 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	4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	3000 million
TDP	5 Watt	8 Watt

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth		11.9 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-G72 MP3
GPU Architecture	Midgard	Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	64	48
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2560x1600
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 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)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS