The latest data sheet from Geekbench shows the test results of a Kirin 950-powered Huawei smartphone bearing the codename "NXT-AL10." Many believe it to be the upcoming Huawei Mate 8, as the handset has been profusely reported online. If speculation turns out to be true, the phablet really does have a lot to be proud about.

The benchmark listing indicated that the Kirin 950 SoC tallied a single-core score of 1,710 points and a multi-core score of 6,245 points. To put that in perspective, Samsung's Exynos 7420 SoC had single-core and multicore scores of 1,486 and 4,970 points, respectively. The Exynos 7420 SoC powers the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 Edge, S6 and Note 5.

The Kirin 950's benchmark performance ranks as one of the best from any current-generation SoC, especially taking into consideration the Kirin brand's reputation of prioritizing power efficiency over brute performance.

As shown in GSM Arena's tale of the tape, Huawei's brand new dynamo is at par with Apple's A9 SoC and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 in the single-core category. Meanwhile, it overpowers the pair in the multi-core department by a margin of nearly 2,000 points. Given the fact the Snapdragon 820 is still in its infancy, it's safe to say the Kirin 950 will remain a competitive SoC throughout 2016.

Samsung is not at all threatened by this development since the company is already cooking up a more powerful next-generation chipset. Although officially unreleased, the Exynos "M1" put up 2,294 points in the single-core test while running at 2.3GHz. In Power Saving mode, its single-core score dropped to 1,710 points, which is still at par with the single-core scores of the Kirin 950 and Snapdragon 820.

As for the Kirin 950-powered Huawei Mate 8, the phablet is expected to be unveiled before the weekend with a release date reportedly set on Nov. 26.

According to a newly discovered GFXBench listing via Win Future, specs of the Mate 8 include a six-inch screen with 1080x1920 Full HD display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB expandable internal memory and a whopping 4,100 mAh battery. Of course, the Kirin 950 chipset is onboard complete with an eight-core CPU and the Mali-T880 GPU.

Its 16-megapixel back camera is capable of taking photos and videos in Full HD resolution. It also has support for LED-flash, face detection, autofocus and touch focus. On the front, there's a decent eight-megapixel camera that captures high-quality selfies. The Mate 8 runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow right out the box.