HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Intel Pentium Gold G6400T | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400T - 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 Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T was released in Q2/2020. |
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HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Pentium (150) |
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) | CPU group | Intel Pentium G6000 (12) |
4 | Generation | 10 |
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Comet Lake S |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
-- | Predecessor | Intel Pentium Gold G5400T |
-- | Successor | Intel Pentium Gold G7400T |
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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 Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is at 3.40 GHz. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6400T |
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 | 3.40 GHz |
1.70 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 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 610 |
0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.35 GHz |
-- | GPU (Turbo) | 1.05 GHz |
Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | 9.5 |
28nm | Technology | 14 nm |
2 | Max. displays | 3 |
2 | Compute units | 12 |
32 | Shader | 96 |
No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
No | Frame Generation | No |
-- | Max. GPU Memory | 32 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 | Intel HD Graphics 610 |
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 |
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 Intel Pentium Gold G6400T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6400T |
LPDDR3-933 | Memory | DDR4-2666 |
Max. Memory | 128 GB | |
2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
-- | Max. Bandwidth | 42.7 GB/s |
No | ECC | Yes |
-- | L2 Cache | -- |
-- | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
-- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 16 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 659 is --, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has a TDP of 35 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 Pentium Gold G6400T |
-- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 35 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | -- |
-- | TDP down | 25 W |
-- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 659 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6400T |
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 |
-- | Socket | LGA 1200 |
None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
No | AES-NI | Yes |
Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
Q2/2016 | Release date | Q2/2020 |
-- | Release price | 77 $ |
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HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 659
8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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HiSilicon Kirin 659 | Intel Pentium Gold G6400T |
Unknown | Unknown |