HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio A25

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with MediaTek Helio A25. 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

Helio A25

115193

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Helio A25

140

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Helio A25

769

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Rogue
GPU frequency	900 MHz	660 MHz
Execution units	8	1
Shaders	128	64
DirectX	11.3
OpenCL API	1.2	1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		1600x720
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP	1x 16MP, 1x 13MP + 1x 5MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS