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HiSilicon Kirin 655 vs HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz

HiSilicon Kirin 655

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The HiSilicon Kirin 655 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced late 2016 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 2.1 GHz (performance cores). The difference to the older Kirin 650 is the 100 MHz higher clock speed of the performance cores.

Furthermore, a ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics card (at 600 MHz or 900 MHz with 40.8 GFLOPS), 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.

HiSilicon Kirin 658

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The HiSilicon Kirin 658 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced early 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 2.35 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).

Furthermore, a ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics card (at 900 MHz with 40.8 GFLOPS), 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.

MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz

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The MediaTek MT8163 V/A is an ARM based entry-level to mid-range SoC for (Android based) tablets. It offers four ARM Cortex-A53 processor cores (quad-core) that are clocked with up to 1.5 GHz. Furthermore, an ARM Mali-T720 MP2 graphics card clocked at 600 MHz, a DDR3x32 1600Mbps memory controller, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b/g/n, GPS and FM are integrated in the SoC.

The similar named MediaTek MT8163 V/B is the slower clocked version, with a CPU clock o up to 1.3 GHz (-6%) and GPU of up to 520 MHz (-13%).

The performance is situated in the entry level of 2015 and often similar to the Kirin 910T (see benchmark below).

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 655HiSilicon Kirin 658MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz
Series Mediatek
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A53Cortex-A53
Series: Cortex-A53
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 « 2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 « 2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz « 1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock2100 MHz2350 MHz1500 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 84 / 4
Technology16 nm16 nm28 nm
FeaturesARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory ControllerARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory ControllerDDR3x32 memory controller 1600Mbps, T720 MP2@520MHz, internal Display up to 1366x768, HMID up to 1080p, H.265 1080p video decode, 13MP image signal processor, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, embedded GPS module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM TrustZone
iGPUARM Mali-T830 MP2 (900 MHz)ARM Mali-T830 MP2 (900 MHz)ARM Mali-T720 MP2 (600 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 13535     avg: 13553     median: 13535 (11%)     max: 13590 Points
13510 Points (11%)
min: 8790     avg: 10063     median: 9926 (8%)     max: 11472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
1438 Points (17%)
1608 Points (19%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
1391 Points (16%)
1554 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
134 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
375 Points (1%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
913 Points (9%)
min: 549     avg: 636     median: 636 (6%)     max: 723 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3460 Points (4%)
min: 1553     avg: 1781     median: 1781 (2%)     max: 2009 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 780     avg: 784     median: 784 (11%)     max: 788 Points
874 Points (12%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3240     avg: 3291     median: 3290.5 (8%)     max: 3341 Points
3348 Points (8%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 8768     avg: 9071     median: 9070.5 (11%)     max: 9373 ms
8591 ms (10%)
min: 12550     avg: 14061     median: 14060.5 (16%)     max: 15571 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 4199     avg: 4415     median: 4414.5 (4%)     max: 4630 Points
4589 Points (4%)
min: 2972     avg: 3261     median: 3261 (3%)     max: 3550 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 56764     avg: 56781     median: 56781 (19%)     max: 56798 Points
60438 Points (21%)
min: 33452     avg: 37816     median: 37815.5 (13%)     max: 42179 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 4042     avg: 4277     median: 4276.5 (13%)     max: 4511 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 13724     avg: 15979     median: 15979 (20%)     max: 18234 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 2431     avg: 2672     median: 2671.5 (1%)     max: 2912 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 19354     avg: 21013     median: 21013 (13%)     max: 22672 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 39551     avg: 43893     median: 43892.5 (8%)     max: 48234 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
162396 Points (21%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 4383     avg: 4401     median: 4401 (22%)     max: 4419 Points
5794 Points (29%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
4464 Points (29%)
min: 3071     avg: 3328     median: 3424 (22%)     max: 3489 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
2133 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
1923 Points (4%)

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 655 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 658 → 109% n=7

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz → 74% n=7

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)