HiSilicon Kirin 950 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has 8 CPU cores and can process 8 threads at the same time. The processor was presented in Q4/2015 and is based on the 4. Generation of the HiSilicon Kirin series. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the HiSilicon Kirin 950 achieved a result of 331 points (single-core) or 1,183 points (multi-core).
HiSilicon Kirin 950

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the HiSilicon Kirin 950 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of HiSilicon Kirin 950.

Name: HiSilicon Kirin 950
Family: HiSilicon Kirin (29)
CPU group: HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2)
Architecture: Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has 8 cores. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 950 is 2.30 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 8
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 4x Cortex-A72
B-Core: 4x Cortex-A53
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.30 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.80 GHz

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has the ARM Mali-T880 MP4 installed, which has 4 streaming multiprocessors (64 shaders).

GPU name: ARM Mali-T880 MP4
GPU frequency: 0.90 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.90 GHz
Compute units: 4
Shader: 64
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 2
Generation: Midgard 4
Direct X: 11
Technology: 16 nm
Max. GPU Memory: --
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 950 supports a maximum of memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of --.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR4
--
Max. Memory:
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has a TDP of . Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The HiSilicon Kirin 950 is made in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache.

Technology: 16 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: --
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: --
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions: --
Release date: Q4/2015
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the HiSilicon Kirin 950 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
333
Intel Atom C3538 Intel Atom C3538
4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
332
Intel Atom C3958 Intel Atom C3958
16C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
332
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
331
Intel Pentium E2220 Intel Pentium E2220
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
331
AMD Athlon II X3 425 AMD Athlon II X3 425
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz
331
AMD Athlon II X4 615e AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
331

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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1185
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1184
Intel Core M-5Y10c Intel Core M-5Y10c
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1184
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1183
Intel Core i3-3130M Intel Core i3-3130M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1183
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1181
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1180

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.
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.65 GHz
125
HiSilicon Kirin 810 HiSilicon Kirin 810
ARM Mali-G52 MP6 @ 0.85 GHz
122
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122
Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
Broadcom VideoCore VII @ 0.80 GHz
120
Intel Core i5-2500T Intel Core i5-2500T
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.25 GHz
120
Intel Atom x6416RE Intel Atom x6416RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.45 GHz
119

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