HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 850 benchmark which processor is better

Kirin 950 vs Exynos 850

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which processor or chip is better? Full compare data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Samsung Exynos 850, speed testing of GPUs Mali-G52 MP6 and Mali-T880 MP4.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 950 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 step-by-step analysis of all the specifications of the chipsets, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications such as Geekbench, AnTuTu, PCMark, Octane V2, Quadrant, Mozilla Kraken, PassMark, WebXPRT 3, 3DMark, GFXBench, Neocore, Vellamo, even the gaming performance of chipsets in Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, Real Racing 3 etc.
   After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which SoCs is better to buy Kirin 950 or Exynos 850 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits, 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 950

Exynos 850

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

Kirin 950

48%

Exynos 850

74%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 950

Exynos 850

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 950	Exynos 850
Total score	100285	119144
CPU	28073	33358
GPU	38102	45266
MEM	16044	19058
UX	18046	21445

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 950	Exynos 850
Single-Core	265	243
Multi-Core	902	1072

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 950	Exynos 850
Frequency	2300 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.3 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	25.6
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache
L2 cache
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 950 is 13% 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-T880 MP4	Mali-G52 MP6
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	122.31	426
# of Cores	4	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)	22.3	45.4
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	38.7	48.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	25.5	25.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	19.1	41.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	24.3	59.6
Real Racing 3	48.4	85.2
Sniper 3D	61.9	107.1
Need for Speed No Limits	54.2	58.4
Mortal Kombat X	61.9	70.6
CSR Racing 2	42.6	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	300 MBit/s.	400 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 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 950 is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 850 is better: 26
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and listen to what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips Kirin 950 and Exynos 850, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 950 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 950 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.