Google Tensor vs HiSilicon Kirin 955
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor vs. 8 cores 2500MHz HiSilicon Kirin 955 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 0.1152 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2500MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 16nm)
Released 5 years and 6 months late
HiSilicon Kirin 955 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 5.6W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Google Tensor
+1786%
2170
HiSilicon Kirin 955
115
CPU
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2800 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
5 nm
Process
16 nm
5.6 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G78 MP20
GPU name
Mali-T880 MP4
848 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
20
Execution units
4
64
Shading units
16
12
Max size
4
2.1709 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1152 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12
DirectX version
11.2
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
AI
Tensor Processing Unit
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Tensor Processing Unit
Neural processor (NPU)
No
UFS 3.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
1920 x 1080
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Exynos 5300g
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7350 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 3670 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.2
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Oct 2021
Announced
Apr 2016
Flagship
Class
Flagship
S5E9845
Model number
-
