CPU A
HiSilicon Kirin 960
8 cores 2360 MHz 16 nanometers Mali-G71 MP8
Mobile processor comparison
HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Samsung Exynos 1580
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 1580
8 cores 2900 MHz 4 nanometers Samsung Xclipse 540
Compared fields
42
Different values
41
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 960
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1580
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A53 | 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 |
| CPU cores | 8 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2360 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9-A |
| Process technology | 16 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistors | 4 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 5 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 64 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 28.8 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 | Samsung Xclipse 540 |
| GPU architecture | Bifrost | Magellan (RDNA 3) |
| GPU clock | 1037 MHz | Not available |
| Execution units | 8 | Not available |
| Shaders | 128 | Not available |
| FLOPS | 282 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| Neural processor / NPU | No | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 16MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 5100 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
General
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | October 2016 | October 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | Hi3660 | S5E8855 |
| Storage support | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | 20 | Not available |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
HiSilicon Kirin 960
PDF manual
Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4 WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (8.40 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5100 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (8.40 i…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5100 mAh
PDF manual
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Pro WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (10.80…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 7500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Pro
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (10.80…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 7500 mAh
PDF manual
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (10.80…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 7500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei MediaPad M5 10
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (10.80…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 7500 mAh
4G
Huawei Nova 2S
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 2160 pixels (6.00…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 3340 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei P10 Dual SIM
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.10…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 3200 mAh
Samsung Exynos 1580
5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
- RAM
- 12 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
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