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HiSilicon Kirin 955
vs
MediaTek Helio G88

HiSilicon Kirin 955
vs
MediaTek Helio G88

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 955 and MediaTek Helio G88 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 955
HiSilicon Kirin 955
HiSilicon Kirin 955
  • Higher Frequency: 2500 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
MediaTek Helio G88
MediaTek Helio G88
MediaTek Helio G88
  • Higher Technology: 12 nm (16 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: June 2021 (April 2016 vs June 2021)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
MediaTek
April 2016
Launch Date
June 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 955
Model Name
MT6769H
4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
16 nm
Technology
12 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-T880 MP4
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
0.1152 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.096 TFLOPS
16
Shading units
24
4
Execution units
2
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1920 x 1080
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
11.2
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
No
5G support
No
4.2
Bluetooth
5.0
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4X
-
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

No
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
5 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 955
299
Helio G88
427 +43%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 955
1040
Helio G88
1357 +30%
FP32 (float)
Kirin 955
113 +15%
Helio G88
98

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