Yesterday, at a press event in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled the Kirin 960 processor at a press event in China. The high-end SoC is manufactured using the 16nm process and expected to power the Huawei Mate 9 which is rumoured to go official by early November.
The Octa-core Huawei Kirin 960 packs 4 x Cortex-A73 cores (2.4GHz) for high-performance and 4 x Cortex-A53 cores (1.8GHz) for low performances alongside the new powerful ARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU (same GPU rumoured to arrive on the Exynos variant of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8).
The ARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU (900MHz) is said to be 1.8 times faster than the Mali-T880 MP4 GPU used on the Kirin 950 and in terms of battery improvements, Huawei says any phone that would currently run Pokemon Go for ½ a day will be able to go for 1.2 days when equipped with the new processor.
The Kirin 960 comes equipped with native CDMA support and the modem on-board allows up to LTE UE Category 12/13 connectivity for up to 600 Mbps transfers. It also supports 4×4 MIMO (at only 2xCA) as well as up to 256QAM spatial stream modulation.
The new chipset also promises improved camera capabilities and enhanced security features. It has also been certified by UnionPay and the People’s Bank of China for use with mobile payments.
A new smartphone powered by the processor was demonstrated alongside the Apple iPhone 7 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The Huawei’s end results shoes the Apple A10 SoC still leads in the single core performance while the Kirin 960-powered phone edges ahead in the multi-core test category.
There is no word on when the Kirin 960 will arrive on devices in the market. The rumour mill believes we don’t have too long for it (November 3rd).
Via FoneArena
