HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 659, vs HiSilicon Kirin 710. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 659 and HiSilicon Kirin 710
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103757
HiSilicon Kirin 710
249206
CPU4627690787
GPU709034397
Memory1751855760
UX3287368262
NanoReview Score103757249206
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 659
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Stabilityn/a84 %
Graphics Testn/a2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
214
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
809
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
File Compression62.5 MB/s73.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser27.2 pages/s41.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering39 MP/sec48 MP/sec
Background Blur0.84 frames/s1.76 frames/s
Photo Processing6.86 frames/s9.59 frames/s
Image Detection10 frames/s12.8 frames/s
HDR26.1 MP/sec42.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.71 MP/sec1.98 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 51 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 29 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 25 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 56 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 52 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Honor 10 Lite (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 2200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 512 MB
L3 Cache n/a 1 MB
Process tech. 16 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 4 billion 5.5 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-T830 MP2 Mali-G51 MP4
Architecture Midgard 4th gen Bifrost 1st gen
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 16 8
Total shader 32 32
FLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS 64 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 1.2 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x32 bit
Max RAM 4 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 2340x1080 pixels
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x40 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 12
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 4
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced January, 2017 yr July, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename Hi6250 Hi6260

Results

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