HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs Apple A8
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Apple A8 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 658 or Apple A8 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The HiSilicon Kirin 658 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.35 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 658 was released in Q2/2016. The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Apple A series (22) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) | CPU group | Apple A8/A8X (2) |
| 4 | Generation | 8 |
| Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | A8 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | Apple A7 |
| -- | Successor | Apple A9 |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 658 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.35 GHz. The Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Characteristic | Apple A8 |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 8 | Threads | 2 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.35 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 1.50 GHz 2x Typhoon |
| 1.70 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | GPU | Apple A8 |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.53 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | 5 |
| 28nm | Technology | 20 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 1 |
| 2 | Compute units | 16 |
| 32 | Shader | 128 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB |
| 11 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | GPU | Apple A8 |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 658 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A8 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Characteristic | Apple A8 |
| LPDDR3-933 | Memory | LPDDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 1 (Single Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 658 has a TDP of --, that of the Apple A8 is 5 W. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Characteristic | Apple A8 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 5 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 658 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Apple A8 cache has a total of 5.00 MB. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Characteristic | Apple A8 |
| 16 nm | Technology | 20 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | -- |
| -- | Socket | -- |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| Android | Operating systems | iOS |
| Q2/2016 | Release date | Q3/2014 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 658 | Apple A8 |
| Unknown | Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen) |
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