HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs MediaTek MT6592

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HiSilicon Kirin 930 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6592
HiSilicon Kirin 930 MediaTek MT6592

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 930 or MediaTek MT6592 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 was released in Q1/2015.

The MediaTek MT6592 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6592 was released in Q4/2013.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
3 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is 2.00 GHz while the MediaTek MT6592 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6592 is at 2.00 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic MediaTek MT6592
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.00 GHz
8x Cortex-A7
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic MediaTek MT6592
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 or MediaTek MT6592 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU ARM Mali-450 MP4
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation Utgard
32nm Technology 28nm
1 Max. displays 1
4 Compute units 4
64 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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-T628 MP4 GPU ARM Mali-450 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The MediaTek MT6592 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 5.3 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic MediaTek MT6592
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-667, LPDDR2-533
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 5.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is --, while the MediaTek MT6592 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic MediaTek MT6592
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6592 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic MediaTek MT6592
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2013
-- 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 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
MediaTek MT6592 MediaTek MT6592
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.70 GHz
42 (55%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6592 MediaTek MT6592
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
103 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6592 MediaTek MT6592
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
334 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 930 MediaTek MT6592
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