Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1580 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 960 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 4x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2900 MHz 2360 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 16 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4 billion
TDP Not available 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 28.8 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
GPU Samsung Xclipse 540 Mali-G71 MP8
GPU architecture Magellan (RDNA 3) Bifrost
GPU clock Not available 1037 MHz
Execution units Not available 8
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS Not available 282 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 11.3
Neural processor / NPU Yes No

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 2560 x 1600
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 960
Release October 2024 October 2016
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 Hi3660
Storage support UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 20
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
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

HiSilicon Kirin 960

PDF manual 4G
Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4

3.2
Tablet
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 10 Pro
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M5 10 Pro

3.3
Tablet
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
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M5 10 WiFi

3.5
Tablet
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
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M5 10

4.0
Tablet
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
Huawei

Huawei Nova 2S

3.3
Smartphone
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
Huawei

Huawei P10 Dual SIM

4.4
Smartphone
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