HiSilicon Kirin 910 vs Samsung Exynos 4412

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 910 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 4412
HiSilicon Kirin 910 Samsung Exynos 4412

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 and the Samsung Exynos 4412 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 4 core processor released in Q1/2014 with the Samsung Exynos 4412 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2012.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Samsung Exynos 4412 (1)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Samsung Exynos 4412 clocks with 1.60 GHz, has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.44 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.44 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation Utgard
28nm Technology 28nm
1 Max. displays 1
4 Compute units 4
64 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 DirectX Version 0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 910, while the Samsung Exynos 4412 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
LPDDR3 Memory LPDDR2-400
Max. Memory
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 0
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Samsung Exynos 4412 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Samsung Exynos 4412 is at 1.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 4412
28 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2014 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 4412 Samsung Exynos 4412
ARM Mali-400 MP4 @ 0.44 GHz
16 (50%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Samsung Exynos 4412
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