
HiSilicon Kirin 960
The HiSilicon Kirin 960 is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablet, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 9 in November 2016. 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.
| Codename | Cortex-A73/-A53 |
| Clock Rate | 2400 MHz |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 |
| Manufacturing Technology | 16 nm |
| 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 |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz) |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | ARM |
| Announcement Date | 11/03/2016 |
Benchmarks
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Reviews for the HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor


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