HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Intel Core i3-5015U
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Intel Core i3-5015U | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Core i3-5015U - 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 Intel Core i3-5015U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-5015U was released in Q1/2015. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) | CPU group | Intel Core i 5000U (16) |
| 4 | Generation | 5 |
| Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Broadwell U |
| 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 Intel Core i3-5015U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-5015U is at 2.10 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Core i3-5015U |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 8 | Threads | 4 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.36 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 2.10 GHz |
| 1.70 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The HiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Core i3-5015U 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 | Intel HD Graphics 5500 |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 0.85 GHz |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | 8 |
| 28nm | Technology | 14 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 3 |
| 2 | Compute units | 24 |
| 32 | Shader | 192 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 16 GB |
| 11 | DirectX Version | 11.2 |
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 | Intel HD Graphics 5500 |
| 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 |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i3-5015U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Core i3-5015U |
| LPDDR3-933 | Memory | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| -- | L3 Cache | 3.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 2.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 12 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is --, while the Intel Core i3-5015U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Core i3-5015U |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | 10 W |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 105 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-5015U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Core i3-5015U |
| 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, AVX2 |
| -- | Socket | BGA 1168 |
| None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q2/2016 | Release date | Q1/2015 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
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⌀ 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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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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Intel Core i3-5015U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.85 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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 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 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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