MediaTek Helio G81 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G81, vs HiSilicon Kirin 659. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G81 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
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103757
CPU7785646276
GPU353287090
Memory6443817518
UX8108432873
NanoReview Score258706103757
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
420
HiSilicon Kirin 659
214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
HiSilicon Kirin 659
809
File Compressionn/a62.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a27.2 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a39 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a0.84 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a6.86 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a10 frames/s
HDRn/a26.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a1.71 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC n/a
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2360
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor count n/a 4 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Mali-T830 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Midgard 4th gen
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 900 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 24 16
Total shader 48 32
FLOPS 96 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 LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 8 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x16 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 7
5G Support No No
Download speed n/a Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 4
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr January, 2017 yr
Class Low end Mid-range
Codename MT6769J Hi6250

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