HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which processor or chip is better? Full data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885, comparison of GPUs Mali-G71 MP18 and Mali-G71 MP8.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Exynos 7 Octa 7885 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful review of all the specifications of the SoCs, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special test applications like Neocore, WebXPRT 3, 3DMark, AnTuTu, Vellamo, GFXBench, Quadrant, PassMark, Geekbench, PCMark, Octane V2, Mozilla Kraken, and how good the SoCs are in games Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat, Sniper 3D, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock, Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile etc.
   After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy Kirin 960 or Exynos 7 Octa 7885 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits.

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 960

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

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

Kirin 960

50%

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

56%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 960

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 960	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Total score	95769	136471
CPU	26819	38211
GPU	36393	51853
MEM	15324	21835
UX	17247	24556

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 960	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Single-Core	247	279
Multi-Core	1115	1228

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 960	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Frequency	2400 MHz	2100 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	8 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	28.8
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache
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 960 is 12% better than Exynos 7 Octa 7885 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-G71 MP18
GPU Frequency	1037 MHz	546 MHz
GFloPS	282	334
# of Cores	8	18
# of Shader Units
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	2560 x 1440 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
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	21.1	26.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	36.9	37.3
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.8	34.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	18.5	25.7
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	37.7
Real Racing 3	46.1	65.3
Sniper 3D	81.2	48.5
Need for Speed No Limits	51.7	67.1
Mortal Kombat X	59	42.9
CSR Racing 2	40.6	44.8

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	28 MP
Dual Camera resolution		28 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE Cat.13 3CA
Download speed	600 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 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 960 is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 is better: 21
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 960 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 960 specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7885 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 7 Octa 7885 specs and review.