HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 7904

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with Samsung Exynos 7904. 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 7904

140285

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Exynos 7904

282

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Exynos 7904

930

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth		14.8 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G71 MP2
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	770 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		2400x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@30fps
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	0.6 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