HiSilicon Kirin 960 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-11-06

The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 CPU cores and can process 8 threads at the same time. The processor was presented in Q4/2016 and is based on the 5. Generation of the HiSilicon Kirin series. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the HiSilicon Kirin 960 achieved a result of 381 points (single-core) or 1,521 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the HiSilicon Kirin 960 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of HiSilicon Kirin 960.
Name:	HiSilicon Kirin 960
Family:	HiSilicon Kirin (29)
CPU group:	HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)
Architecture:	Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 cores. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 960 is 2.40 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-A73
B-Core:	4x Cortex-A53

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
A-Core Frequency:	2.40 GHz
B-Core Frequency:	1.80 GHz

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has the ARM Mali-G71 MP8 installed, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors (256 shaders).

GPU name:	ARM Mali-G71 MP8
GPU frequency:	0.90 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	8
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2016

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	Bifrost 1
Direct X:	11
Technology:	16 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
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:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The HiSilicon Kirin 960 supports a maximum of 6 GB 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 12.8 GB/s.

LPDDR4-1600	12.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:	6 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth:	--

Thermal Management The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has a TDP of 5 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	5 W
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 960 is made in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache.

Technology:	16 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	--
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	No
Operating systems:	Android

Virtualization:	None
Instruction set (ISA):	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	--
Release date:	Q4/2016
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

HiSilicon Kirin 960
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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.

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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.


	AMD Athlon II X3 445 3C 3T @ 3.10 GHz	383
	AMD FX-7600P 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	383
	AMD Athlon II X2 245e 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	382
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	381
	Intel Atom C3758R 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	381
	AMD A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	381
	Intel Celeron 1005M 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	380

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 2 Quad Q9550 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	1527
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1526
	Intel Core i5-750S 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1522
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1521
	Intel Celeron J4105 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1520
	Intel Pentium G3450 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	1520
	Intel Core i5-3360M 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1519

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Celeron J4025 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	409
	AMD GX-420GI 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	408
	MediaTek Helio G80 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	406
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	403
	Intel Pentium 2020M 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	403
	Intel Celeron N4020C 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	402
	Intel Celeron N4020 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	402

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Pentium G3460 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	1402
	Intel Core i3-4330TE 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1400
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1396
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1393
	UNISOC T700 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	1392
	Intel Core i7-870S 4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz	1391
	Intel Core i5-8200Y 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1390

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 Core i5-2520M Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250
	AMD A6-5400B AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	AMD A6-5400K AMD Radeon HD 7540D @ 0.64 GHz	246
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245
	HiSilicon Kirin 960S ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245
	MediaTek MT8188J ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz	243
	MediaTek Helio G96 ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz	243

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

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