HiSilicon Kirin 960 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the HiSilicon Kirin series. The processor was released in Q4/2016.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the HiSilicon Kirin 960. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the HiSilicon Kirin 960. |
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| Name: | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| Family: | HiSilicon Kirin |
| CPU group: | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 5 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the HiSilicon Kirin 960 can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 4x Cortex-A73 |
| B-Core: | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.40 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.80 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The HiSilicon Kirin 960 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. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | ARM Mali-G71 MP8 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.90 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 8 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
| Generation: | Bifrost 1 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 16 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | No |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | LPDDR4-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | 6 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | No |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the HiSilicon Kirin 960 as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 16 nm |
| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | N/A |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 |
| Operating systems: | Android |
| Virtualization: | None |
| Instruction set (ISA): | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | |
| Release date: | Q4/2016 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the HiSilicon Kirin 960 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.
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AMD FX-7600P
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 245e
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD A8-5550M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz |
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AMD A4-4020
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio P95
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 970
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505
4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-2520M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz |
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AMD A6-5400B
AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz |
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AMD A6-5400K
AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio G96
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 700
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 810
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz |
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