HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio P65

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with MediaTek Helio P65. 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 4000 million
TDP 5 Watt
Neural Processing MediaTek CorePilot

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 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 900 MHz 820 MHz
Execution units 8 2
Shaders 128 32
DirectX 11.3
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2520x1080@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
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 Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 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
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 October 2019 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi3660 MT6768
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 960
253892
Helio P65
198371

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 960
382
Helio P65
353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 960
1544
Helio P65
1280