HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs Samsung Exynos 5433

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HiSilicon Kirin 658 CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 5433
HiSilicon Kirin 658 Samsung Exynos 5433

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 658 or Samsung Exynos 5433 - 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 Samsung Exynos 5433 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5433 was released in Q3/2014.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Samsung Exynos 5433 (1)
4 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53
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 Samsung Exynos 5433 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.35 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.90 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 658 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 ARM Mali-T760 MP6
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.70 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.70 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation Midgard 3
28nm Technology 28nm
2 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 6
32 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 11

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 ARM Mali-T760 MP6
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 658 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5433 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
LPDDR3-933 Memory LPDDR3e-1066
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
-- Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 2.25 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

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 Samsung Exynos 5433 is --.

HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 658 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Samsung Exynos 5433 cache has a total of 2.25 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 658 Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5433
16 nm Technology 20 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 658 (73%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 658 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 (98%)

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 (73%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
250 (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%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
798 (98%)

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 (43%)
Samsung Exynos 5433 Samsung Exynos 5433
ARM Mali-T760 MP6 @ 0.70 GHz
143 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 658 Samsung Exynos 5433
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