AMD A10-7300 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

Let's find out which one of AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A10-7300 HiSilicon Kirin 960
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  4 5
• CPU group
  AMD A10-7000 HiSilicon Kirin 960

In this block we are going to compare AMD A10-7300 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A73
• B core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) ARM Mali-G71 MP8
• GPU frequency
  0.46 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.53 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6 8
• Shader
  384 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  6 Bifrost 1
• DirectX Version
  12 11
• Technology
  28 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR4-1600
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960.

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A10-7300 or HiSilicon Kirin 960? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  19 W 5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2016

List of devices based on AMD A10-7300 and HiSilicon Kirin 960.

• Used in
  Unknown Huawei Honor 8 ProHuawei Honor 9Huawei Mate 9Huawei Mate 9 ProHuawei Mate 9 PorscheHuawei MediaPad M5Huawei Nova 2sHuawei P10