HiSilicon Kirin 960
Kirin 960 is one of HiSilicon flagship CPU. It was announced in 2016 October. 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz), 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz). and supports UFS 2.1, 4G, LPDDR4.
CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Number of cores | 8 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8-A |
| Lithography | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4000 million |
| TDP | 5 Watt |
Memory (RAM)
| Max amount | up to 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz |
| Memory-bus | 2x32 bit |
Storage
| Storage specification | UFS 2.1 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP8 |
| GPU Architecture | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 8 |
| Shaders | 128 |
| DirectX | 11.3 |
| OpenCL API | 1.2 |
| Vulkan API | 1.0 |
Camera, Video, Display
| Max camera resolution | 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP |
| Max Video Capture | 4K@30fps |
| Video codec support | H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
Wireless
| 4G network | Yes |
| 5G network | Yes |
| Peak Download Speed | 0.6 Gbps |
| Peak Upload Speed | 0.15 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 (802.11ac) |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2016 October |
| Partnumber | Hi3660 |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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