HiSilicon Kirin 950
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HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2015
HiSilicon Kirin 950
HiSilicon Kirin 950
Released
Q4/2020
Overall score
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

What's the best choice HiSilicon Kirin 950 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 690? Which processor is faster?

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

HiSilicon Kirin 950 has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q4/2015.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 has a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q4/2020.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1805 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 13% better overclocked clock speed

    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 950 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1324 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1249 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1500 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1208 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1034 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1012 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    53 place

Specifications

Technical data
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
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 Qualcomm Snapdragon
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 950 left arrow Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
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
    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.30 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    4x Cortex-A72 left arrow 2x Kryo 560 Gold
  • B core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow 6x Kryo 560 Silver
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-T880 MP4 left arrow Qualcomm Adreno 619L
  • GPU frequency
    0.90 GHz left arrow 0.95 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.90 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 0
  • Shader
    64 left arrow 0
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 0
  • Generation
    Midgard 4 left arrow 6
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 12.1
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 8 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow Q4/2020
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 Decode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 and HiSilicon Kirin 950. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4 left arrow LPDDR4X-1866
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 950 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 950 and HiSilicon Kirin 950, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 left arrow Kryo 560
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 8 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow Q4/2020
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow SM6350

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between HiSilicon Kirin 950 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
331
HiSilicon Kirin 950
603
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1183
HiSilicon Kirin 950
1813
Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

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