HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 659. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 659
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 8000
574704
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103757
CPU17887946276
GPU1181097090
Memory12820517518
UX14951132873
NanoReview Score574704103757
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
HiSilicon Kirin 659
214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
HiSilicon Kirin 659
809
File Compression137.2 MB/s62.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s27.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec39 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s0.84 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s6.86 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s10 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec26.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec1.71 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process SMIC n/a
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2360
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor count n/a 4 billion

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-T830 MP2
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Midgard 4th gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 900 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 16
Total shader 256 32
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 12 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution n/a 1920x1200 pixels
Camera n/a 1x16 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong n/a
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 4
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr January, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a Hi6250

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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