AMD E1-6010 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

Let's find out which one of AMD E1-6010 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD E1-6010 HiSilicon Kirin 960
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD E HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  4 5
• CPU group
  AMD E1/E2-6000 HiSilicon Kirin 960

In this block we are going to compare AMD E1-6010 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
  1.35 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 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 E1-6010 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 R2 (Beema) ARM Mali-G71 MP8
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 8
• Shader
  128 256
• 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
  Q1/2015 Q2/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD E1-6010 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 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 E1-6010 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
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM LPDDR4-1600
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD E1-6010 and HiSilicon Kirin 960.

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD E1-6010 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)
  10 W 5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD E1-6010 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
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Beema (Puma) Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  AM1 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2016

List of devices based on AMD E1-6010 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