HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 1480

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with Samsung Exynos 1480. 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

Exynos 1480

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Exynos 1480

1175

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Exynos 1480

3524

CPU cores and architecture

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

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Xclipse 530
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	RDNA
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	8	1
Shaders	128	128
DirectX	11.3	12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2960x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP	1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	5.1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.28 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS