HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs Samsung Exynos 5422

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HiSilicon Kirin 935 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 5422
HiSilicon Kirin 935 Samsung Exynos 5422

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 935 or Samsung Exynos 5422 - 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 935 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 935 was released in Q1/2015.

The Samsung Exynos 5422 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5422 was released in Q1/2014.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5)
3 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 935 is 2.20 GHz while the Samsung Exynos 5422 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 5422 is at 2.10 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5422
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.10 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core 1.40 GHz
4x Cortex-A7

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 935 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5422
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 or Samsung Exynos 5422 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-T628 MP6
0.68 GHz GPU frequency 0.53 GHz
0.68 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation Midgard 2
32nm Technology 32nm
1 Max. displays 1
4 Compute units 6
64 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 11

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-T628 MP6
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Samsung Exynos 5422 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5422
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3e-933
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 935 is --, while the Samsung Exynos 5422 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5422
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 5422 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.50 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5422
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
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 Q1/2014
-- 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 935 HiSilicon Kirin 935
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.68 GHz
87 (85%)
Samsung Exynos 5422 Samsung Exynos 5422
ARM Mali-T628 MP6 @ 0.53 GHz
102 (100%)

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HiSilicon Kirin 935 Samsung Exynos 5422
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