HiSilicon Kirin 955 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The HiSilicon Kirin 955 is a 8 core processor. It can process 8 threads concurrently and is based on the 4. gen of the HiSilicon Kirin series. The processor was released in Q2/2016. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 scores 330 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 989 points.
HiSilicon Kirin 955

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the HiSilicon Kirin 955 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the HiSilicon Kirin 955.

Name: HiSilicon Kirin 955
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 8 CPU cores of the HiSilicon Kirin 955 clock with 2.50 GHz. The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

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: 2.50 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.80 GHz

Internal Graphics

With the ARM Mali-T880 MP4, the HiSilicon Kirin 955 has an build in graphic solution. It has 4 SM processors, which have a total of 64 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

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 that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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 955 supports up to memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of --.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
--
--
Max. Memory:
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a TDP of .

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

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a 0.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 16 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

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: Q2/2016
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the HiSilicon Kirin 955 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.
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
331
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
331
Samsung Exynos 8890 Samsung Exynos 8890
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
331
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
330
Intel Celeron E3200 Intel Celeron E3200
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
330
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
330
Samsung Exynos 9610 Samsung Exynos 9610
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
329

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1001
AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
998
Intel Core i3-4100U Intel Core i3-4100U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
993
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
989
Intel Pentium 3560M Intel Pentium 3560M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
987
AMD Phenom II X3 720 AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz
985
AMD Athlon II X3 450 AMD Athlon II X3 450
3C 3T @ 3.20 GHz
980

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 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
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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