Kirin 960 chipset announced: much faster GPU, better power use

19 October 2016
Moving to an 8-core Mali-G71 represents a huge jump in performance over the Kirin 955.

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  • 28 Oct 2016

Anonymous, 20 Oct 2016not nerdy enough to know every single detail. that's why I ... moreIt's not a matter of being nerdy enough, you need to be well informed or lectured regarding a topic in which you are going to post your opinion.

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    • 27 Oct 2016

    DpsGrow, 20 Oct 2016Samsung use 4x Mongoose 3GHz & 4x Cortex-A73 2.2GHz. Mali-G71Yeah, that ought to be a great toaster

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      • 24 Oct 2016

      when is the releasing date? eagerly awaiting. WAV and Flac formats will work??

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        • 21 Oct 2016

        We are really waiting anxiously for this highly tempting phone. I don't actually like big phones but this will surely be my first big phones. I need this phone badly. Please hurry up and send it every where on earth. every one who gets one will love it.

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          • 21 Oct 2016

          DpsGrow, 20 Oct 2016Samsung use 4x Mongoose 3GHz & 4x Cortex-A73 2.2GHz. Mali-G71Actually not bad though probably slightly lower clock for the a73 for heat and efficiency.
          And i would suggest 2.8 or 2.6 for the mongoose course just do they don't throttle off too quickly even on 10nm.

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            • 20 Oct 2016

            Samsung use 4x Mongoose 3GHz & 4x Cortex-A73 2.2GHz. Mali-G71

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              • 20 Oct 2016

              AnonD-573368, 19 Oct 2016This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago an... moreRelax, it will be the better part of a year before we see this in a phone.

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                • 20 Oct 2016

                Anonymous, 19 Oct 2016Shame the 10nm weren't ready for this chip. Next year is go... more14nm a53 would do extremely well for budget phones. Don't know what you are complaining about

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                  • 20 Oct 2016

                  AnonD-551566, 19 Oct 2016oh but he didn't asume, he first stated that most ppl would... moreThen you obviously didn't read their full comment or comprehend it.
                  So it's pretty immature for you to be making such judgements

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                    • 20 Oct 2016

                    Mirkran, 19 Oct 2016How do you know that? SD830 isn't even announced.Perhaps in relation to Snapdragon 830, perhaps not. If the gpu inside of Snapdragon 830 have a similar performance to the gpu inside of next top Exynos chipset, then will be better than the gpu of Kirin 960.

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                      • 20 Oct 2016

                      Anonymous, 20 Oct 2016not nerdy enough to know every single detail. that's why I ... more"same generation"
                      gsm arena remove part of my text because certain symbol

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                        • 20 Oct 2016

                        Mirkran, 19 Oct 2016Mali isn't an architecture. It's just a name. The current M... morenot nerdy enough to know every single detail. that's why I said "MALI architecture on "

                          AnonD-573368, 19 Oct 2016This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago an... moreWelcome to tech reality dude. You can either wait forever and not buy a single phone/product or buy one and expect it to get trounced the next days/weeks/months.

                          The world is not standing still just because you bought/did something. Same thing happens everywhere.

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                            • 19 Oct 2016

                            AnonD-573368, 19 Oct 2016This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago an... moreby the time device is release on the market it will be time for an upgrade anyways. dont be sorry for the P9 Plus, still an amazing device regardless of Mate 9. I love mine.

                              Anonymous, 19 Oct 2016yes, it's about architecture but exynos,MTK and kirin most... moreMali isn't an architecture. It's just a name. The current Malis use the 4th gen Midgard architecture, whereas the G71 uses the new Bifrost architecture.

                                lacp, 19 Oct 2016It's far better than Adreno 530 and close to the next Adre... moreHow do you know that? SD830 isn't even announced.

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                                  • 19 Oct 2016

                                  AnonD-573368, 19 Oct 2016This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago an... moreShould've waited for the Mate 9

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                                    • 19 Oct 2016

                                    This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago and it costed me a fortune! Then this will come within less than 10 8 months and tears the kirin 955 apart ! Oh god

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                                      • 19 Oct 2016

                                      Well it seems there are going to be 4 major and 2 minor android CPUs
                                      Snapdragon
                                      Exynos
                                      Kirin
                                      Helio X
                                      and
                                      Nunclun(LG)
                                      Xiaomis inhouse chipset

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                                        • 19 Oct 2016

                                        AnonD-573368, 19 Oct 2016This is not fair, I bought the P9 plus just 2 months ago an... moreWe all knew this was coming. It was hardly a secret. The Mate 9 is likely to be one of the best phones this year.