HiSilicon Kirin 655 vs Intel Atom x6414RE

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HiSilicon Kirin 655 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom x6414RE
HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Atom x6414RE

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 and the Intel Atom x6414RE 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 Atom x6414RE which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2021.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Atom (108)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Atom x6000 (10)
4 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Elkhart Lake
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 Atom x6414RE clocks with 1.50 GHz, has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.12 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.50 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 Atom x6414RE
-- 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 UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 11
28nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 16
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 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 UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
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 Atom x6414RE supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
LPDDR3-933 Memory LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Atom x6414RE is 9 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of Intel Atom x6414RE is at 1.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Atom x6414RE
16 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1493
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 655 (46%)
Intel Atom x6414RE (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 655 (64%)
Intel Atom x6414RE (100%)

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 (46%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
367 (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 (64%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
1245 (100%)

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 (58%)
Intel Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.40 GHz
106 (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 Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
260 (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 Atom x6414RE Intel Atom x6414RE
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
620 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Atom x6414RE
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