HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870, speed examination of GPUs Mali-T830 MP2 and Mali-T628 MP6.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 930 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Exynos 7 Octa 7870 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as PassMark, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, GFXBench, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, Vellamo, AnTuTu 8, Neocore, PCMark, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3 etc.

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chipset is better to buy Kirin 930 or Exynos 7 Octa 7870 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 930

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 930

48%

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

55%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 930

Exynos 7 Octa 7870

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 930	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Total score	48734	45099
CPU	13635	12626
GPU	18519	17146
MEM	7790	7211
UX	8765	8115

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 930	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Single-Core	129	119
Multi-Core	595	551

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 930	Exynos 7 Octa 7870
Frequency	2200 MHz	1600 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	3 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR3
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	800	1650
Memory bandwidth	28	14.9
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 930 is 27% better than Exynos 7 Octa 7870 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-T628 MP6	Mali-T830 MP2
GPU Frequency	680 MHz	700 MHz
GFloPS	176	47.6
# of Cores	6	2
# of Shader Units
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	1920 x 1200 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	16.8	13.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	40.7	36.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	27.8	24.2
Call of Duty: Mobile	24.9	21.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	34.2	30.1
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	51.7	46.9
Real Racing 3	55.6	48.4
Sniper 3D	61.2	46
Need for Speed No Limits	38.9	43.6
Mortal Kombat X	40.3	27.8
CSR Racing 2	38.9	29

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	20 MP	16 MP
Dual Camera resolution		8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	60
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE Cat.6 2CA
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 930 is better: 29
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 is better: 7
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors Kirin 930 and Exynos 7 Octa 7870, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 930 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark

• Kirin 930 specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7870 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark

• Exynos 7 Octa 7870 specs and review.