HiSilicon Kirin 710
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HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Samsung Exynos 5420. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2018
HiSilicon Kirin 710
HiSilicon Kirin 710
Released
Q3/2013
Overall score
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Samsung Exynos 5420
Samsung Exynos 5420

What's the best choice HiSilicon Kirin 710 or Samsung Exynos 5420? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

HiSilicon Kirin 710 has a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 5 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Samsung Exynos 5420 has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2013.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1625 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 24% better clock speed

    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14% better overclocked clock speed

    2.20 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 710 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1335 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1205 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1423 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    73 place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 5420 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1562 place

Specifications

Technical data
HiSilicon Kirin 710 HiSilicon Kirin 710
Samsung Exynos 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    HiSilicon Kirin left arrow Samsung Exynos
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 710 left arrow Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • Frequency
    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.20 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.20 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
IGPU

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-G51 MP4 left arrow ARM Mali-T628 MP6
  • GPU frequency
    0.65 GHz left arrow 0.53 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.00 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow 6
  • Shader
    128 left arrow 96
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    Bifrost 1 left arrow Midgard 2
  • Technology
    12 nm left arrow 32nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2018 left arrow Q4/2012
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5420 and HiSilicon Kirin 710. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3LPDDR4 left arrow LPDDR3e-933
  • Max. Memory
    6 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 0
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Samsung Exynos 5420 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    5 W left arrow
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 710 and HiSilicon Kirin 710, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.50 MB
  • L3-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 left arrow Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
  • Technology
    12 nm left arrow 28 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2018 left arrow Q3/2013

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Samsung Exynos 5420.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
166
HiSilicon Kirin 710
102
Samsung Exynos 5420

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