HiSilicon Kirin 620

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is an ARM-based octa core SoC for mid-range smartphones. It was announced at the end of 2014 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 1.2 GHz (max.). Furthermore, the processor integrates a ARM Mali-450 MP4 graphics card, an LPDDR3 memory controller, an LTE Cat.4 modem, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. The chip is manufactured in 28nm and relatively power efficient.

Series
Codename	Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53 JLQ JR510 1.5 - 2 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 935 2.2 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 659 2.36 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 658 2.35 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 655 2.1 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 650 2 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 930 2 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 » HiSilicon Kirin 620 1.2 GHz 8 / 8 Cortex-A53 MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 4 / 4 Cortex-A53 MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz 4 / 4 Cortex-A53 MediaTek MT8161 1.3 GHz 4 / 4 Cortex-A53 Marvell Armada PXA1908 1.2 GHz 4 / 4 Cortex-A53
Clock Rate	1200 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Manufacturing Technology	28 nm
Features	ARMv8-ISA, Mali-450 MP4, LTE (Cat. 4), LPDDR3 Memory Controller
GPU	ARM Mali-450 MP4
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	ARM
Announcement Date	12/01/2014

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics

min: 6531     avg: 6885     median: 6884.5 (4%)     max: 7238 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	6531
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	7238

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -92%

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AMD Z-60 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q -17%

Marvell PXA1088 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -12%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Spreadtrum SC7731 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 5%

Mediatek MT6735 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 10%

Mediatek MT8125 10%

Mediatek MT6580M 10%

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Intel Atom Z3795 174%

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics

min: 6434     avg: 6917     median: 6916.5 (6%)     max: 7399 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	6434
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	7399

Intel Atom Z2760 -77%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q -18%

Marvell PXA1088 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -13%

Intel Atom Z3460 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB -10%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 1%

Spreadtrum SC7731 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960DT 4%

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa 4%

Mediatek MT6735 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 7%

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Intel Atom Z3770 171%

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics

min: 6861     avg: 7534     median: 7533.5 (6%)     max: 8206 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	6861
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	8206

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -60%

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Intel Atom Z3460 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -8%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -7%

Marvell PXA1088 -6%

Mediatek MT6735M -6%

Mediatek MT6735P -6%

Intel Atom Z3745D -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Mediatek MT8321 3%

Samsung Exynos 5260 Hexa 3%

Spreadtrum SC7731 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 6%

Mediatek MT8389 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 6%

Mediatek MT6580M 7%

Apple A7 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 8%

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HiSilicon Kirin 9000 687%

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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core

min: 2151     avg: 2453     median: 2452.5 (4%)     max: 2754 points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	2151
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	2754

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 -57%

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MediaTek MT8161 -25%

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz -21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB -20%

Intel Atom Z3735G -20%

Mediatek MT8766B -14%

Mediatek MT6592 -13%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6761 -7%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 -4%

Intel Atom Z3560 -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 9%

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 13%

Mediatek MT6753 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 15%

JLQ JR510 16%

Mediatek MT8173 19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 20%

UNISOC Tiger T310 22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 24%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 548%

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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core

min: 541     avg: 565     median: 564.5 (9%)     max: 588 points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	541
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	588

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 -45%

Mediatek MT6580M -38%

Mediatek MT6582 -36%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -35%

Mediatek MT6592 -30%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -16%

Mediatek MT6735 -4%

Mediatek MT6739WW -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Mediatek MT6753 8%

MediaTek MT8161 9%

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 25%

Mediatek MT8766B 28%

Intel Atom Z3735G 28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 29%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 981%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread

166 MFLOPS (6%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	166

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -96%

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MediaTek MT8312 -27%

Apple A5 -23%

Rockchip RK3188 -21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 -20%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -20%

Apple A5x -14%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -7%

Mediatek MT6735 -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 11%

Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual 14%

Mediatek MT8127 15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 17%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 17%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 22%

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Apple A8X 1363%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread

52 MFLOPS (5%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	52

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -86%

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MediaTek MT8377 -18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -15%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -13%

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz -12%

Mediatek MT6589 -10%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -10%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 -6%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q 0%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 8%

Rockchip RK3188 10%

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz 10%

Mediatek MT8389 11%

Amlogic AML8726-MX 11%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 12%

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Apple A8X 1863%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *

min: 15866     avg: 17376     median: 17375.5 (20%)     max: 18885 ms

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Stock Browser	2 GB	15866
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	18885

Apple M2 -97%

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Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad -5%

Mediatek MT6582M -5%

Broadcom BCM21664T -4%

Mediatek MT6589 -2%

Mediatek MT6580M -2%

Spreadtrum SC8830 -2%

Mediatek MT6737 -2%

Mediatek MT6735P -2%

Mediatek MT6735 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Mediatek MT8165 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 1%

Mediatek MT6582 3%

MediaTek MT8312 3%

Mediatek MT6735M 4%

MediaTek MT6577 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 7%

Mediatek MT8389 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 10%

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Apple S7 392%

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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *

min: 1373     avg: 1680     median: 1679.5 (18%)     max: 1986 ms

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	1373
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Chrome 43	2 GB	1986

Apple A16 Bionic -97%

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Mediatek MT6753 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -5%

Marvell PXA986 -4%

Mediatek MT8766B -4%

Marvell PXA1088 -2%

Mediatek MT6582 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -1%

MediaTek MT6572 0%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ 1%

MediaTek MT8161 2%

Mediatek MT8127 2%

Apple S7 6%

Apple S6 8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 8%

Mediatek MT6737 9%

Mediatek MT6737T 11%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 443%

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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score

min: 1857     avg: 2170     median: 2170 (2%)     max: 2483 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	1857
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Stock Browser	2 GB	2483

Apple S7 -63%

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Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -7%

Mediatek MT6582 -6%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 -5%

Samsung Exynos W920 -5%

Mediatek MT6580M -5%

Samsung Exynos 9110 -4%

Mediatek MT8121 -4%

Mediatek MT6735P -4%

Broadcom BCM21664T -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 3%

Spreadtrum SC7731 6%

Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad 7%

Mediatek MT8127 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 7%

Mediatek MT6737 10%

Spreadtrum SC8830 11%

MediaTek MT8161 16%

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Apple M2 3292%

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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal

907 Points (24%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	907

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -51%

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Mediatek MT6735P -20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -15%

Mediatek MT6592 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -5%

Mediatek MT8127 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

MediaTek MT8161 0%

Intel Atom Z2580 0%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 3%

Mediatek MT6735 10%

Mediatek MT6737 12%

Mediatek MT6737T 15%

Intel Atom Z3460 19%

Intel Atom Z3745 24%

Mediatek MT6753 24%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 292%

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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta

1104 Points (25%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	1104

MediaTek MT6572 -42%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 0%

Mediatek MT6735P 1%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 4%

Mediatek MT8125 5%

Intel Atom Z3460 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 6%

Mediatek MT8135 7%

Mediatek MT6735M 7%

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HiSilicon Kirin 960 306%

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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser

1146 Points (15%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 Android 4.4. KK	2 GB	1146

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 0%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 4%

MediaTek MT6572 16%

Mediatek MT8125 28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 35%

Mediatek MT6592 36%

Mediatek MT6735P 36%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 38%

Mediatek MT6735M 42%

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HiSilicon Kirin 960 551%

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AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score

min: 30558     avg: 32403     median: 32402.5 (33%)     max: 34247 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Honor 4X	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4 v5.7	2 GB	30558
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	34247

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -81%

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Mediatek MT6735 -24%

Intel Atom Z2580 -23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -23%

Intel Atom x3-C3230RK -18%

MediaTek MT8161 -17%

Mediatek MT6592 -12%

Mediatek MT8135 -11%

Samsung Exynos 7578 -2%

Mediatek MT6732 -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Intel Atom Z3735G 3%

Intel Atom Z3735F 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 5%

Mediatek MT8165 6%

Mediatek MT6753 7%

Intel Atom Z3745 8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 13%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa 13%

Apple A7 16%

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Samsung Exynos 9820 206%

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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score

3717 Points (19%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Huawei P8 lite	Kirin 620	Mali-450 MP4	2 GB	3717

MediaTek MT6572 -71%

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MediaTek MT8161 -9%

Mediatek MT6752 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -6%

Mediatek MT8127 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -3%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa -3%

Intel Atom Z2580 -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 620

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA 1%

Mediatek MT6753 2%

Mediatek MT8735 3%

Mediatek MT6750N 5%

Rockchip RK3288 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB 5%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 7%

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MediaTek Dimensity 8100 419%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the HiSilicon Kirin 620 processor

Huawei P8 lite Smartphone Review

Lite-product? Shortly after the flagship device from Huawei, the P8, we now get the smaller sibling with the addition "lite," which sounds like a slimmed-down v...
HiSilicon Kirin 620 | ARM Mali-450 MP4 | 5.00" | 133 g

Honor 4X Smartphone Review

Big meets affordable. Honor, Huawei's subsidiary, launches a device in the growing phablet sector with its new Honor 4X. The austerely designed casing contains ...
HiSilicon Kirin 620 | ARM Mali-450 MP4 | 5.50" | 173 g

Huawei Huawei P8 Lite: ARM Mali-450 MP4, 5.00", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei Huawei P8 Lite

Honor Holly 3: ARM Mali-450 MP4, 5.50", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor Holly 3

Huawei Y6 II: ARM Mali-450 MP4, 5.50", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Y6 II

Huawei P8 lite: ARM Mali-450 MP4, 5.00", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei P8 Lite

Honor 4X: ARM Mali-450 MP4, 5.50", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor 4X