HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 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 2.5 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 April 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3655 S5E9820
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 955
147887
Exynos 9820
638571

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 955
345
Exynos 9820
730

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 955
1180
Exynos 9820
2305