HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio G81

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with MediaTek Helio G81. 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 G81

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Helio G81

419

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Helio G81

1387

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	8	2
Shaders	128	48
DirectX	11.3
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP	1x 48MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS