Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full data of speed tests and benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 960, compare of GPUs Adreno 506 and Mali-G71 MP8.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special test applications such as GFXBench, Quadrant, AnTuTu 8, 3DMark, Neocore, Octane V2, Mozilla Kraken, PassMark, Vellamo, Geekbench, WebXPRT 3, PCMark, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, PUBG, Real Racing 3, Mortal Kombat etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chipset is better to buy Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro or Kirin 960 and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2.

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

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Kirin 960

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

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

54%

Kirin 960

50%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Kirin 960

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Kirin 960
Total score	68933	95769
CPU	19303	26819
GPU	26192	36393
MEM	11035	15324
UX	12401	17247

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Kirin 960
Single-Core	178	247
Multi-Core	802	1115

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro	Kirin 960
Frequency	2200 MHz	2400 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	8x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	8 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866	1600
Memory bandwidth	10	28.8
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	1 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 960 is 8% better than Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 506	Mali-G71 MP8
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	1037 MHz
GFloPS	130	282
# of Cores		8
# of Shader Units	96
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 1600 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)	14.3	21.1
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	24.5	36.9
Call of Duty: Mobile	16.1	23.8
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	11.1	18.5
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	15.3	22.5
Real Racing 3	49	46.1
Sniper 3D	46.6	81.2
Need for Speed No Limits	44.1	51.7
Mortal Kombat X	35.5	59
CSR Racing 2	34.3	40.6

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	24 MP	20 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD	FullHD
Codec support	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC	H.264

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X9 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is better: 9
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 960 is better: 27
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel testing and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro specs and review.

Kirin 960 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 960 specs and review.