HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 (MSM8655T)

HiSilicon Kirin 960
Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 (MSM8655T)
8 Cores
8 Threads
2.36GHz Clock
1 Core
1 Thread
1.5GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Mali-G71 MP8 1037MHz
200 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Adreno 205
10 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 400
10%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 1,270
5%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
HiSilicon
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Architecture
ARMv8.0-A
Architecture
Scorpion
Family
-
Family
S2 Series
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch32
Codename
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P-Core
Cortex-A73
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E-Core
Cortex-A53
Codename
-
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Cortex-A9
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Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
10/1/2016
Release Date
2/11/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Node
16FFC
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Node
45nm
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Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
1 Core
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8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
1 Thread
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P-Core
2.36GHz
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1.5GHz
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E-Core
1.84GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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-
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
256KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L2
384KB/Core
12-way set associative
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Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
4GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
32Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
32Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3200MT/s
Clock
333MHz
Transfer Rate
666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
2.7GB/s
Bandwidth
5.3GB/s
TDP
5W
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TDP
5W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Mali-G71 MP8 1037MHz
96 Shaders
1037MHz
200 GFLOPS FP32
Adreno 205
16 Shaders
266MHz
10 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
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Hexagon QDSP5
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-
256.0MHz
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ISP
Up to 12 MP camera
Modem
HiSilicon
Balong 750
4G
Modem
Qualcomm
Gobi 2000
3G
Speed
Up to 600Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
Speed
Up to 7.2Mbps Download
Up to 5.76Mbps Upload
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