HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Samsung Exynos 7872
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Samsung Exynos 7872 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 930 or Samsung Exynos 7872 - 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 Samsung Exynos 7872 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7872 was released in Q1/2018. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Samsung Exynos (47) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) | CPU group | Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4) |
| 3 | Generation | 2 |
| Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe 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 Samsung Exynos 7872 has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7872 is at 2.00 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Characteristic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
| 8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 6 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.00 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 2.00 GHz 2x Cortex-A73 |
| 1.50 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | 1.60 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
Internal GraphicsThe HiSilicon Kirin 930 or Samsung Exynos 7872 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP1 |
| 0.60 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.95 GHz |
| 0.60 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 0.95 GHz |
| Midgard 2 | GPU Generation | Bifrost 1 |
| 32nm | Technology | 16 nm |
| 1 | Max. displays | 1 |
| 4 | Compute units | 1 |
| 64 | Shader | 16 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
| 11 | DirectX Version | 11 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP1 |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 930 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Samsung Exynos 7872 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Characteristic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
| LPDDR3-1600 | Memory | LPDDR3-933 |
| Max. Memory | ||
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 0 |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | -- |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | -- |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is --, while the Samsung Exynos 7872 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Characteristic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | -- |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 7872 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Characteristic | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
| 28 nm | Technology | 14 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Unknown |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | -- |
| -- | Socket | -- |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| Android | Operating systems | Android |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q1/2018 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 7872
ARM Mali-G71 MP1 @ 0.95 GHz |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 930 | Samsung Exynos 7872 |
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