Samsung Exynos 9610 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960s vs HiSilicon Kirin 710A

Samsung Exynos 9610

The Samsung Exynos 9610 (or Exynos 7 Series 9610) is a mid-range SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It integrates 8 processor cores in two clusters (bigLITTLE concept). Four ARM Cortex A73 cores at up to 2.3 GHz for demanding tasks and four ARM Cortex A53 at up to 1.7 GHz for power efficiency.

The integrated LTE modem supports 4G at up to 600 Mbps download and 150 Mbps upload. Furthermore, 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 are also integrated in the chip.

The on-board ARM Mali-G72 MP3 graphics card offers three clusters and support for Vulkan, DirectX 12 and OpenGL ES 3.2.

The Exynos 9610 is manufactured in the modern 10nm FinFET process and therefore relatively power efficient and also suited for smaller smartphones.

HiSilicon Kirin 960s

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The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is an ARM based mid-range octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the 2018 10.5-inch Huawei MediaPad M5. Compared to the normal Kirin 960, the 960S offers an additional NPU for AI calculations from the Kirin 970. Looks like to be slower clocked than the older Kirin 960.

Besides 8 CPU cores (4x Cortex-A73, 4x Cortex-A53), the SoC is also equipped with a modern Mali-G71 MP8 graphics adapter, a dual-channel LPDDR4 memory controller as well as an LTE Cat. 12/13 modem. It is one of the fastest ARM SoCs in the end of 2016. The Kirin 960 is manufactured in a modern 16-nm process at TSMC.

HiSilicon Kirin 710A

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The HiSilicon Kirin 710A is a ARM-based mid-range Octa-Core-SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It is based on the Kirin 710, but manufactured in 14nm FinFET at SMIC (China) versus the TSMC in 12nm. It was announced mid 2020 and contains 8 processor cores (4x Cortex-A73 at up to 2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 at up to 1.7 GHz, BigLITTLE), an ARM Mali G51 MP4, a dual-channel LPDDR4 memory controller and a LTE radio (600 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up). Therefore, the CPU part is similar to the Kirin 960 and 970 (both higher clocked), but the graphics card is a lot slower.

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Model

Samsung Exynos 9610

HiSilicon Kirin 960s

HiSilicon Kirin 710A

Series

Samsung Exynos

HiSilicon

Codename

Exynos 7 Series

Cortex-A73/-A53

Series: Cortex-A73/-A53

Samsung Exynos 9611	1.7 - 2.3 GHz	8 / 8	Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9610 «	1.7 - 2.3 GHz	8 / 8	Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9609	1.6 - 2.2 GHz	8 / 8	Exynos 7 Series

HiSilicon Kirin 970	2.4 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960	2.4 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s «	2.1 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710	2.2 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A	2 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53

HiSilicon Kirin 970	2.4 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960	2.4 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s	2.1 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710	2.2 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A «	2 GHz	8 / 8	Cortex-A73/-A53

Clock

1700 - 2300 MHz

2100 MHz

2000 MHz

Cores / Threads

8 / 8

Technology

10 nm

16 nm

14 nm

iGPU

ARM Mali-G72 MP3

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz)

ARM Mali-G51 MP4

Architecture

ARM

Announced

Manufacturer

www.samsung.com

Features

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory Controller

ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.2 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.7 GHz, big.LITTLE), LTE Cat-12 600 Mbps Downlink, Cat-13 150 Mbps Uplink, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz, AGPS, Glonass, Baidou

Transistors

5500 Million