HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs MediaTek Helio A22

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 659, vs MediaTek Helio A22. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 659 and MediaTek Helio A22
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
MediaTek Helio A22
123031
CPU4627632718
GPU709013014
Memory1751842950
UX3287334349
NanoReview Score103757123031
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
214
MediaTek Helio A22
332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
809
MediaTek Helio A22
1145
File Compression62.5 MB/s77 MB/s
HTML5 Browser27.2 pages/s39 pages/s
PDF Rendering39 MP/sec43.4 MP/sec
Background Blur0.84 frames/s1.68 frames/s
Photo Processing6.86 frames/s9.11 frames/s
Image Detection10 frames/s14.1 frames/s
HDR26.1 MP/sec43.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.71 MP/sec2.16 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
4/2 (Cortex-A53)
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 2360 2000
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 16 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 4 billion n/a
Power (TDP) n/a 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-T830 MP2 PowerVR GE8300
Architecture Midgard 4th gen PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 660 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 16 8
Total shader 32 16
FLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS 20.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 1.2 1.2

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 13.9 Gbit/s
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
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 1600x720 pixels
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced January, 2017 yr June, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename Hi6250 MT6761V/WAB

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