Huawei used Mali T880 GPU for the Kirin 950 and 955 SoCs, this has more powerful Mali-G71 MP8 GPU. Huawei says that this will offer up to 15% better performance, up to 180% better GPU performance and 20% better energy efficiency compared to Kirin 950. It also has a security engine with new 3-tier security system for financial industry standard encryption.
Highlights of Huawei Kirin 960 SoC
Up to 2.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A73 + up to 1.8 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A53
Mali-G71 MP8 GPU
UFS 2.1 storage, LPDDR4 RAM
IntelliSense i6 for low-power operation when gathering data from accelerometer, gyroscope, compass etc.
Integrated Multi-mode 4G LTE Modem – Category 12 FDD / TDD for downloads and Category 13 FDD / TDD for uploads (up to 150 Mbps), WiFi 2×2 MIMO
Support for Active noise reduction, HD voice+ and 24-bit 192kHz audio
4K video recording
Vulkan support
Built-in security engine with inSE
Huawei did not say when the Kirin 960 is expected, but it will likely debut with the Mate 9 that is expected to be introduced in Germany on November 3rd.
