HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 850

Comparisons 11-03-2021

So, which processor or chip is better? Comprehensive compare data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 850, speed examination of GPUs Mali-G71 MP8 and Mali-G52 MP6.

This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Exynos 850 is octa-core (Cortex-A55). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications such as AnTuTu, GFXBench, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, GeekBench 6, 5, PassMark, PCMark, 3DMark, Mozilla Kraken, Vellamo, Neocore, and how good the CPUs are in games Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3, Sniper 3D, Fortnite, Mortal Kombat, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock etc.

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which chipset is better to buy Kirin 960 or Exynos 850 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Madout2, 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 850

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

Kirin 960

50%

Exynos 850

74%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 960

Exynos 850

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 960	Exynos 850
Total score	95769	119144
CPU	26819	33358
GPU	36393	45266
MEM	15324	19058
UX	17247	21445

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 960	Exynos 850
Single-Core	247	243
Multi-Core	1115	1072

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 960	Exynos 850
Frequency	2400 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	7 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	4 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	28.8
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	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 16% better than Exynos 850 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-G52 MP6
GPU Frequency	1037 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	282	426
# of Cores	8	6
# of Shader Units
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	2520 x 1080 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		23.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	21.1	45.4
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	36.9	48.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.8	25.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	18.5	41.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	59.6
Real Racing 3	46.1	85.2
Sniper 3D	81.2	107.1
Need for Speed No Limits	51.7	58.4
Mortal Kombat X	59	70.6
CSR Racing 2	40.6	58.4

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	22 MP
Dual Camera resolution		16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	120
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	8K, 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264, 10-bit H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE Cat.13 5CA/Cat.15 2CA
Download speed	600 MBit/s.	400 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: 15
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 850 is better: 23
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint testing and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs Kirin 960 and Exynos 850, as well as read the test results at the links below.

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 850 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 850 specs and review.