Exynos 9810 vs Kirin 950

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9810 (with Mali-G72MP18 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 950 (Mali-T880 MP4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 9810
  • Performs 5.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 3x) AnTuTu 9 score – 407K vs 135K
  • Announced 2-years and 2-months later
  • Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 16 nm)
  • 21% higher CPU clock speed (2900 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Supports 5% higher memory bandwidth (26.82 against 25.6 GB/s)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 950
  • Higher GPU frequency (~57%)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Exynos 9810 +200%
407399
135743
CPU 116977 51279
GPU 121725 16063
Memory 74973 28644
UX 93023 39561
Total score 407399 135743

GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Exynos 9810 +100%
681
340
Multi-Core Score
2015
1282
Image compression 112.6 Mpixels/s 70.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection 22.9 images/s 10.4 images/s
Speech recognition 46.4 words/s 21 words/s
Machine learning 43.5 images/s 15.7 images/s
Camera shooting 17.6 images/s 8.99 images/s
HTML 5 1.85 Mnodes/s 1.52 Mnodes/s
SQLite 637.6 Krows/s 359.5 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 93% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Score 2271 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9810 and Kirin 950

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.9 GHz – Exynos M3
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2900 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 10 nanometers 16 nanometers
Transistor count 5.3 billion 2 billion
TDP 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72MP18 Mali-T880 MP4
Architecture Bifrost Midgard
GPU frequency 572 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 18 4
Shading units 288 64
FLOPS 658 Gigaflops 122 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0 1.2
DirectX version 12 11.2

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1800 MHz -
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 26.82 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Shannon 360 LTE -
4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 6
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced January 2018 November 2015
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9810 Hi3650
Official page Samsung Exynos 9810 official site -

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