HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs Intel Celeron N4000

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HiSilicon Kirin 658 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N4000
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Intel Celeron N4000

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 658 or Intel Celeron N4000 - 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 Intel Celeron N4000 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4000 was released in Q4/2017.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
4 Generation 9
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Gemini Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 658 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.35 GHz. The Intel Celeron N4000 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.60 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4000
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 1.10 GHz (2.60 GHz)
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53		 B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4000
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The 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.
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 600
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 9.5
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 UHD Graphics 600
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 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 658 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4000 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4000
LPDDR3-933 Memory LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 6
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 658 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Celeron N4000 is 6 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4000
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.8 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 658 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron N4000 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Intel Celeron N4000
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 1090
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 658 (42%)
Intel Celeron N4000 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 658 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4000 (94%)

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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
183 (42%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
440 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
815 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
770 (94%)

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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (49%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.65 GHz
125 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
365 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
620 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1424 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
381 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
70 (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 658 HiSilicon Kirin 658
8C 8T @ 2.35 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4000 Intel Celeron N4000
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
138 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Intel Celeron N4000
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