HiSilicon Kirin 659 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The HiSilicon Kirin 659 has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the HiSilicon Kirin series. The processor was released in Q2/2016. The HiSilicon Kirin 659 scores 193 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 893 points.
| Name: | HiSilicon Kirin 659 |
|---|---|
| Family: | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| CPU group: | HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) |
| Architecture: | Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 4 |
| 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. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
|---|---|
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| B-Core: | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
|---|---|
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.36 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.70 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The HiSilicon Kirin 659 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the HiSilicon Kirin 659 uses the ARM Mali-T830 MP2, which has 32 texture shaders and 2 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 |
|---|---|
| GPU frequency: | 0.90 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 2 |
| Shader: | 32 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q4/2015 |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Generation: | Midgard 4 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 28nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Frame Generation: | No |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
|---|---|
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
|---|---|
| AVC: | No |
| VC-1: | No |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR3-933 | -- |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The HiSilicon Kirin 659 is made in 16 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 0.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 16 nm |
|---|---|
| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Android |
| Virtualization: | None |
|---|---|
| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | -- |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
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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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