Samsung Exynos 7870 vs HiSilicon Kirin 655. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Samsung Exynos HiSilicon Kirin
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 HiSilicon Kirin 650
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 4

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.70 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.60 GHz 2.12 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.60 GHz 2.12 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T830 MP1 ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  1 2
• Shader
  16 32
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  Midgard 4 Midgard 4
• Technology
  28nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q4/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 655 and Samsung Exynos 7870. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933
• Memory channels
  0 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7870 and HiSilicon Kirin 655 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 7870 and Samsung Exynos 7870, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  14 nm 16 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q2/2016