HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 659, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 659 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU46276104065
GPU709039362
Memory1751892127
UX3287372779
NanoReview Score103757308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 659
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Testn/a3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
214
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
809
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression62.5 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser27.2 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering39 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur0.84 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing6.86 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection10 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR26.1 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.71 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 16 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 4 billion n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 610
Architecture Midgard 4th gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 2 1
Shader Units 16 128
Total shader 32 128
FLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Hexagon 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 933 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 8 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 2.2
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x16 pixels 1x64 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
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

Modem n/a X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 50 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced January, 2017 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename Hi6250 SM6225

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 the clear winner in this comparison.

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