HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 benchmark which processor is better

Kirin 950 vs Snapdragon 665

Comparisons 11-03-2021

So, which chip or processor is better? Detailed comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 665, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 610 and Mali-T880 MP4.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 950 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Snapdragon 665 is octa-core (Kryo 260). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A careful review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.

From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests like PassMark, Quadrant, Mozilla Kraken, AnTuTu, Octane V2, PCMark, 3DMark, WebXPRT 3, Neocore, GFXBench, Geekbench, Vellamo, and how good the chipsets are in games Mortal Kombat, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Call of Duty: Mobile, Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock, Real Racing 3, PUBG, Sniper 3D etc.

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which SoCs is better to buy Kirin 950 or Snapdragon 665 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 950

Snapdragon 665

11%

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

Kirin 950

48%

Snapdragon 665

66%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 950

Snapdragon 665

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 665
Total score	100285	153366
CPU	28073	42942
GPU	38102	58273
MEM	16044	24532
UX	18046	27605

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 665
Single-Core	265	314
Multi-Core	902	1320

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 665
Frequency	2300 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	11 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x2.0 GHz Kryo 260
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)
Max. Memory	4 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	25.6	14.9
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache
L2 cache
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 950 is 13% better than Snapdragon 665 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	Adreno 610
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	750 MHz
GFloPS	122.31	312
# of Cores	4
# of Shader Units		192
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		29.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	22.3	28.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	38.7	55.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	25.5	30.8
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	19.1	23.9
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	24.3	39.6
Real Racing 3	48.4	83.3
Sniper 3D	61.9	122.1
Need for Speed No Limits	54.2	99.9
Mortal Kombat X	61.9	88.8
CSR Racing 2	42.6	66.6

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	24 MP
Dual Camera resolution		16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Qualcomm Spectra 165
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GLONASS, GPS, Galileo, SBAS, QZSS, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 950 is better: 7
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 is better: 28
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs Kirin 950 and Snapdragon 665, 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.

Snapdragon 665 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 665 specs and review.