HiSilicon Kirin 655 vs Intel Celeron N3350

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 655 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N3350
HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Celeron N3350

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 and the Intel Celeron N3350 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 8 core processor released in Q2/2016 with the Intel Celeron N3350 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2016.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)
4 Generation 8
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Braswell
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.12 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron N3350 clocks with 1.10 GHz (2.40 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3350
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.12 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.10 GHz (2.40 GHz)
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3350
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 9
28nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 12
32 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 500
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 655, while the Intel Celeron N3350 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 29.9 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3350
LPDDR3-933 Memory , LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 6
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Celeron N3350 is 6 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3350
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron N3350 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3350
16 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1296
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the HiSilicon Kirin 655 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Celeron N3350 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.7 stars (3 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
168 (54%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
314 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
794 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
663 (84%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (49%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.65 GHz
125 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
248 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
346 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
290 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
480 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
102 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
171 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1110 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
320 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
48 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3350
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
89 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Celeron N3350
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Atom x5-Z8350Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Atom x5-Z8350 vs Intel Celeron N3350
2. Intel Celeron N3350Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Celeron N3350 vs Intel Pentium N4200
3. Intel Celeron N4000Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N4000 vs Intel Celeron N3350
4. Intel Celeron N3350Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N3350 vs Intel Celeron N4020
5. Intel Celeron N3060Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3060 vs Intel Celeron N3350
6. Intel Celeron N3350Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron N3350 vs Intel Celeron J4125
7. Intel Celeron N3350Intel Celeron N3450 Intel Celeron N3350 vs Intel Celeron N3450
8. Intel Celeron J3455Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron J3455 vs Intel Celeron N3350
9. Intel Celeron N3350Intel Core i3-5005U Intel Celeron N3350 vs Intel Core i3-5005U
10. Intel Celeron N3050Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3050 vs Intel Celeron N3350


back to index