HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Intel Core i5-5350H

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HiSilicon Kirin 659 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-5350H
HiSilicon Kirin 659 Intel Core i5-5350H

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Core i5-5350H - 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 i5-5350H has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5350H was released in Q2/2015.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 5000H (5)
4 Generation 5
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Broadwell H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-6350HQ

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 Intel Core i5-5350H has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-5350H is at 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.36 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz)
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

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 659 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Core i5-5350H 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 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 8
28nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 48
32 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 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 Iris Pro Graphics 6200
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 & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i5-5350H supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR3-1866
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is --, while the Intel Core i5-5350H has a TDP of 47 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 47 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 Intel Core i5-5350H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
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 1364
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2015
-- Release price 250 $
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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 (8%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz
806 (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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.50 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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Intel Core i5-5350H
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