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HiSilicon Kirin 960s vs HiSilicon Kirin 658

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 658

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The HiSilicon Kirin 658 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced early 2017 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Four cores can be clocked with up to 1.7 GHz (power saving cores) and four with up to 2.35 GHz (performance cores). The difference to the older Kirin 650 and Kirin 655 SoCs is the higher clock speed of the performance cores (2.35 versus 2.1 and 2.0 GHz).

Furthermore, a ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics card (at 900 MHz with 40.8 GFLOPS), a 64-Bit LPDDR3 memory controller and a dual-sim capable LTE Cat. 6 (max. 300 MBit/s and GSM, WCDMA, UMTS, HSPA+) radio are integrated in the SoC. The processor performance can be compared with the older Kirin 930 and therefore sufficient for daily usage as browsing and non demanding apps. High-end SoCs with Cortex-A57 or A72 cores however should be noticeably faster. The SoC is produced in a modern 16nm FinFET process and is therefore very power efficient.

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 960sHiSilicon Kirin 658
Series
CodenameCortex-A73/-A53Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 970 compare2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960 compare2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s « 2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
JLQ JR510 compare1.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 935 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 659 compare2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 « 2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 compare2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 650 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 930 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 compare1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock2100 MHz2350 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Technology16 nm16 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory ControllerARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz)ARM Mali-T830 MP2 (900 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
14698 Points (12%)
13510 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
2323 Points (27%)
1608 Points (19%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
2101 Points (24%)
1554 Points (18%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1634 Points (16%)
913 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
5809 Points (6%)
3460 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1706 Points (23%)
874 Points (12%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
5609 Points (14%)
3348 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
5734 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
1756 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
2165 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
3780 Points (34%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
10498 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5303 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6502 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
5947 ms (7%)
8591 ms (10%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
6802 Points (6%)
4589 Points (4%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
147305 Points (50%)
60438 Points (21%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
8364 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
28103 Points (34%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
33870 Points (11%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
43350 Points (27%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
113687 Points (20%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
5114 Points (33%)
4464 Points (29%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
5040 Points (25%)
5794 Points (29%)

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960s → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 658 → 72% n=12

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)