MediaTek MT8766B vs HiSilicon Kirin 955. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  MediaTek MT87xx 12nm HiSilicon Kirin 950
• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  2 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  8x Cortex-A53 -
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz
• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A72
• B-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10 11
• Execution units
  1 4
• Generation
  - Midgard 4
• GPU Frequency
  10 MHz 900 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR GE8300 ARM Mali-T880 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q2/2016
• Shader
  0 64
• Technology
  20 nm 16 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 955 and MediaTek MT8766B. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3LPDDR4 LPDDR3LPDDR4

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek MT8766B and HiSilicon Kirin 955 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek MT8766B and HiSilicon Kirin 955, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2016
• Technology
  12 nm 16 nm
• Virtualization
  None None