HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with HiSilicon Kirin 9000S. 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 960

253892

Kirin 9000S

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Kirin 9000S

1323

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Kirin 9000S

4112

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
TDP	5 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing		HUAWEI Da Vinci

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Maleoon 910
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency	900 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	8	4
Shaders	128	1024
DirectX	11.3	12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS