HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs AMD GX-210JC

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HiSilicon Kirin 659 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD GX-210JC
HiSilicon Kirin 659 AMD GX-210JC

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 659 or AMD GX-210JC - 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 659 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.36 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 659 was released in Q2/2016.

The AMD GX-210JC has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD GX-210JC was released in Q2/2014.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD G (38)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group AMD G-Series 2nd Gen (11)
4 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Temash (Jaguar+)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is 2.36 GHz while the AMD GX-210JC has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD GX-210JC is at 1.00 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic AMD GX-210JC
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.36 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.00 GHz
2x Jaguar+
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 659 Characteristic AMD GX-210JC
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 or AMD GX-210JC has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8210
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 5
28nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
2 Compute units 2
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.1

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 AMD Radeon HD 8210
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 & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD GX-210JC supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 8.6 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic AMD GX-210JC
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR3-1066
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 8.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 4.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is --, while the AMD GX-210JC has a TDP of 7 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic AMD GX-210JC
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD GX-210JC is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic AMD GX-210JC
16 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
-- Socket FT3
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price --
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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.
HiSilicon Kirin 659 HiSilicon Kirin 659
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (79%)
AMD GX-210JC AMD GX-210JC
AMD Radeon HD 8210 @ 0.30 GHz
77 (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 659 HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz
193 (100%)
AMD GX-210JC AMD GX-210JC
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 659 HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz
893 (100%)
AMD GX-210JC AMD GX-210JC
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 659 AMD GX-210JC
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