HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 659 or HiSilicon Kirin 970 - 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 HiSilicon Kirin 970 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 was released in Q3/2017. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) | CPU group | HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1) |
| 4 | Generation | 6 |
| Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe 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 HiSilicon Kirin 970 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 970 is at 2.40 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 970 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 8 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.36 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
| 1.70 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | 1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
Internal GraphicsThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 or HiSilicon Kirin 970 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | GPU | ARM Mali-G72 MP12 |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.75 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | Bifrost 2 |
| 28nm | Technology | 16 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 1 |
| 2 | Compute units | 12 |
| 32 | Shader | 192 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
| 11 | DirectX Version | 12 |
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 | ARM Mali-G72 MP12 |
| 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 / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 970 |
| LPDDR3-933 | Memory | LPDDR4X-2133 |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | -- |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| -- | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is --, while the HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a TDP of 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 970 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 9 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 970 |
| 16 nm | Technology | 10 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 | Android |
| Q2/2016 | Release date | Q3/2017 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
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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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 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 659
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
ARM Mali-G72 MP12 @ 0.75 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | HiSilicon Kirin 970 |
| Unknown | Huawei Honor 10 Huawei Note 10 Huawei Play Huawei Honor View 10 Huawei Mate 10 Pro Huawei P20 Huawei Nova 3 Huawei Nova 4 |
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