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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  • 19 Oct 2016

xvi, 19 Oct 2016Fast GPU, UFS2.1 storage, fast RAM... seems like they fixed... moreMy honor 8 has lpddr4 ram :D.

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    • Anonymous
    • GQ1
    • 19 Oct 2016

    TSMC(human made 10nm/scale shit is over from the book of happened' in the universe.now save it in DB and kill some more share-holders.

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      • Anonymous
      • HjA
      • 19 Oct 2016

      Shame the 10nm weren't ready for this chip. Next year is going to see massive performance improvements with all the socs. Wish some good stuff will trickle down to cheaper phones. Please don't leave us with 14nm/16nm octacore a53 budget phones manufacturers!

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        • ktQ
        • 19 Oct 2016

        too bad is only for their devices.

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          • Anonymous
          • 3SI
          • 19 Oct 2016

          Anonymous, 19 Oct 2016not even close. MP8 is not enough to kill anything well, m... moreA10 Fusion has MP6 and is still ahead of competition. It's about architecture

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            • Anonymous
            • 3SI
            • 19 Oct 2016

            LG superfan, 19 Oct 2016Is gpu better than current top Exynos?Yes, it's like the same manufacturer but newer version. Mali T880 to Mali G71 is like iPhone 6s to iPhone 7 or Galaxy S6 to S7

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              • ytx
              • 19 Oct 2016

              The graphics show it to be the best Android SoC, just the best Android SoC. Apple is still far ahead of the pack.

                Is gpu better than current top Exynos?

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                  • tu6
                  • 19 Oct 2016

                  I hope this gpu will optimize well with all developers to make the graphic looks more smooth and fantastic like adreno gpu.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • LYh
                    • 19 Oct 2016

                    MrIDC, 19 Oct 2016Samsung must create two differnt chipset of both S8 and Not... moreNote had better socs, bigger batteries, better designs. Not to speak of removable batteries and storage....

                    Nowadays Note is all about rehashing the s series and adding pen support. They would simply put a wacom digitizer to Galaxy S and be done with it , but noooo they want people to pay anew for the same product...

                    I was actually happy that Note 7 was recalled... It was a message to Samsung that they should not halfa$$ their flagships.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 61S
                      • 19 Oct 2016

                      WOWWW, 19 Oct 2016Snapdragon Killer finally !!not even close. MP8 is not enough to kill anything
                      well, mediatek probably becasue they are damn stuk on MP4 for High end and MP2 for mainstream

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                        • Anonymous
                        • krW
                        • 19 Oct 2016

                        AnonD-580028, 19 Oct 2016Many will not agree with me in following: Nice step forwar... moreYou shouldn't assume that your opinion really is the same way every thinks.
                        And its not just about more mega hertz and Giga hertz.
                        It's about better processing quality, smoother graphics, less heat/throttling/power consumption.

                        Just because you don't care doesn't mean others don't to.
                        Why should they stop advancing because you are a boring prude who doesn't do anything except check Facebook or emails?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sy2
                          • 19 Oct 2016

                          lol when A10 single core is like 2x faster than any other im so done lets goooo

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                            • T0u
                            • 19 Oct 2016

                            AnonD-595888, 19 Oct 2016Why cortex a53 seems to be in a lot of processor design the... moreBest performance for low power use. to run aphone smoothly a53 is enough so its popular but if u need more power for games and running apps u have A72 cores ...... note that low end phones are not made for gaming so basically a53 is the perfect choice.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vgM
                              • 19 Oct 2016

                              AnonD-595888, 19 Oct 2016Why cortex a53 seems to be in a lot of processor design the... moreCause its for Low Power part performance to longer battery life. like Quad-Core on iPhone 7 series, there its Dual core high performance and Dual core low performance and Much core dont always to bumping performance but to reducing battery comsuption. Yeah, thats why Android has better battery life even with much much core compare with dual core from iPhone 6s Plus or even with Quad Core from iPhone 7 series.

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                                • T0u
                                • 19 Oct 2016

                                If sustained performance of A73 and that new low power gpu needs ,is true not amarketing gimic, mobile gaming is on averge of big breakthrough ........ only need big titles gaming company to show us something in 2017 .

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                                  • AnonD-580028
                                  • 0UE
                                  • 19 Oct 2016

                                  Many will not agree with me in following:
                                  Nice step forward from Huawei. But I think Kirin 950-955 was powerful enough, everything seems to be about more and more cores, more Ghz, 95% of the users never use their phone's ability at 100%. It should be more focused on Software-OPTIMIZATION. And it's about profit, phonemakers can play fool with people all over the world, and they pay and pay and pay, just to have 1 frame per second more, when playing one of the idiot games out there. It is funny, isn't it? Serious man never play on a mobile.

                                  Frankly, who of you uses VR in every day life? This is only for experts, at least in current develpoment status.

                                  This is my opinion and point of view.

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                                    • t7X
                                    • 19 Oct 2016

                                    Why cortex a53 seems to be in a lot of processor design these days?

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                                      • 3ZP
                                      • 19 Oct 2016

                                      This is pretty interesting news. So basically Huawei just made an improved Exynos 8890, which is alwasy great to see, since theyr gpu's and LTE connectivity options were fairly outdated and underpowered.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0mU
                                        • 19 Oct 2016

                                        AnonD-546059, 19 Oct 2016My man we haven't got past 10 core in mobile cpu segment an... moreYou are confusing CPU and GPU cores. ARM Mali GPU in S7/S7e/N7 already has 12 cores. It's just that Huawei used low end version of the same GPU with only 4 cores. And unlike CPU architecture GPU gets much more use from multiple cores. Two powerful cores are good for CPU (S820, A10) but more GPU cores is always better option.