HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 9609
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2360 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
Process
16 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
4
3
TDP
5 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G71 MP8
Mali-G72 MP3
GPU frequency
1037 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
8
3
Shading units
16
18
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11.3
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
1600 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
28.8 Gbit/s
11.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution
2x 16MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Oct 2016
May 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
Hi3660
S5E9609
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
278,916
256,661
Geekbench 6
408
362
Geekbench 6
1,385
1,197
FP32 (float)
265
91
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.