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HiSilicon Kirin 659

 Kirin 659

The HiSilicon Kirin 659 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced mid 2017 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Four cores can be clocked with up to 1.7 GHz (power saving cores) and four with up to 2.36 GHz (performance cores). The difference to the older Kirin 650 and Kirin 655 SoCs is the higher clock speed of the performance cores (2.35 versus 2.1 and 2.0 GHz). The slightly older Kirin 658 is very similar. The 659 is in our benchmarks around 4% faster than the 658 and offers a better LTE radio (Cat. 13).

Furthermore, a ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics card (at >=900 MHz), a 64-Bit LPDDR3 memory controller and a dual-sim capable LTE Cat. 6 (max. 300 MBit/s and GSM, WCDMA, UMTS, HSPA+) radio are integrated in the SoC. The processor performance can be compared with the older Kirin 930 and therefore sufficient for daily usage as browsing and non demanding apps. High-end SoCs with Cortex-A57 or A72 cores however should be noticeably faster. The SoC is produced in a modern 16nm FinFET process and is therefore very power efficient.

CodenameCortex-A53
Clock Rate2360 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Manufacturing Technology16 nm
FeaturesARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory Controller
GPUARM Mali-T830 MP2
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date03/17/2017

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
12599 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 11780     avg: 13618     median: 13379.5 (11%)     max: 14930 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1632     avg: 1675     median: 1685 (16%)     max: 1717 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1354     avg: 1625     median: 1685 (19%)     max: 1741 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 869     avg: 919     median: 926.5 (9%)     max: 946 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3316     avg: 3608     median: 3680.5 (4%)     max: 3805 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 887     avg: 888     median: 888 (11%)     max: 889 points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3438     avg: 3473     median: 3473 (7%)     max: 3508 points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
3508 points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
876 points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
968 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2829 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
5944 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
3298 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
3897 Points (10%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 8684     avg: 9440     median: 9271 (11%)     max: 10788 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1173 ms (13%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 4191     avg: 4947     median: 4980 (4%)     max: 5471 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 34     avg: 38.7     median: 40 (7%)     max: 42 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 62810     avg: 65730     median: 66608 (23%)     max: 68232 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 7947     avg: 8633     median: 8430.5 (26%)     max: 9656 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 21484     avg: 23751     median: 24193.5 (30%)     max: 24268 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 12982     avg: 13331     median: 13167.5 (4%)     max: 14340 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 39451     avg: 41305     median: 41643.5 (25%)     max: 41874 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 81992     avg: 87019     median: 87511.5 (15%)     max: 89639 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
1694 Iter./s (52%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
20418 Iter./s (67%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 122441     avg: 127602     median: 127602 (17%)     max: 132762 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 2413     avg: 2626     median: 2635 (14%)     max: 2819 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
min: 5970     avg: 7032     median: 6957 (15%)     max: 8244 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 4615     avg: 4805     median: 4834.5 (32%)     max: 4911 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 5704     avg: 5956     median: 5887 (29%)     max: 6252 Points
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Reviews for the HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor

Huawei MediaPad M5 lite

Huawei MediaPad M5 lite Tablet Review

Huawei has equipped the MediaPad M5 lite with four speakers, certified by harman/kardon. Buyers will receive a fancy-looking mid-range tablet with LTE support. ...
HiSilicon Kirin 659 | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | 10.10" | 475 g
Huawei MediaPad T5

Huawei MediaPad T5 (10.1-inch, LTE) Tablet Review

Made from high-quality material, Huawei's 10-inch MediaPad T5 is equipped with an FHD display and a powerful quad-core CPU. Find out what you can expect of a ta...
HiSilicon Kirin 659 | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | 10.10" | 460 g
Huawei P20 Lite Smartphone Review

Huawei P20 Lite Smartphone Review

Mid-range P20 The Huawei P20 Lite is overshadowed by its big brothers and its competition is also well positioned at this price-performance ratio. Our review sh...
HiSilicon Kirin 659 | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | 5.84" | 145 g
Honor 9 Lite Smartphone Review

Honor 9 Lite Smartphone Review

Smarter. The Honor 9 Lite is not a bad buy at $290. Its SoC belongs to the upper mid-range and its other specifications are promising as well. In addition, the ...
HiSilicon Kirin 659 | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | 5.65" | 149 g
Huawei P Smart Smartphone Review

Huawei P Smart Smartphone Review

How exactly is the Huawei P Smart smart? Why did we not think of that? Choosing 'smart' as a name for a smartphone is just as in-your-face as naming a soccer te...
HiSilicon Kirin 659 | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | 5.65" | 143 g

Huawei Honor 7X: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.93", 0.2 kg
  Review » Honor 7X Smartphone Review

Huawei Mate 10 Lite: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.90", 0.2 kg
  Review » Huawei Mate 10 Lite Smartphone Review

Huawei Nova 2: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.00", 0.1 kg
  Review » Huawei Nova 2 Smartphone Review

Huawei Mate SE: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.93", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate SE

Huawei MediaPad M5 lite: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 10.10", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Huawei MediaPad M5 lite

Huawei MediaPad T5 10: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 10.10", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Huawei MediaPad T5 10

Huawei Y9: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.93", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Y9

Huawei Nova 3e: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.84", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei Nova 3e

Huawei P20 Lite: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.84", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei P20 Lite

Huawei P smart: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.65", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei P smart

Honor 9 Lite: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.65", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Honor 9 Lite

Huawei P10 Selfie: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.50", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei P10 Selfie

Honor 7X: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.93", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor 7X

Huawei Mate 10 Lite: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.90", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 10 Lite

Honor 9N (9i): ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.90", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor 9i

Huawei Nova 2i: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.90", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Nova 2i

Huawei Nova 2: ARM Mali-T830 MP2, 5.00", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei Nova 2

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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09-20)