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HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Samsung Exynos 7904

HiSilicon Kirin 659

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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.

Samsung Exynos 7904

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The Samsung Exynos 7904 (also called Exynos 7 Series) is a upper mid-range system-on-a-chip (SoC) for smartphones and tablets. It was launched early 2019 and features two Cortex-A73 cores clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. Furthermore, there are six power efficient Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.6 GHz, an ARM Mali-G71 MP2 GPU and a LPDDR4x memory controller. The integrated LTE modem supports LTE Cat.12 3CA 600 Mbps download speeds and Cat.13 2CA 150 Mbps upload. 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 and FM Radio are also in the chip. Compared to the older and faster Exynos 7885, the 7904 offers a slower clocked A73 cores (1.8 versus 2.2 GHz).

It is manufactured in 14nm FinFET at Samsung and therefore a rather power efficient SoC.

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos 7904
Series Samsung Exynos
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A73/-A53
Series: Exynos Cortex-A73/-A53
JLQ JR510 compare1.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 935 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 659 « 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 compare2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 compare2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 650 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 930 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 compare1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Samsung Exynos 7885 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Samsung Exynos 7904 « 1.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Samsung Exynos 7884B compare1.56 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Clock2360 MHz1800 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Technology16 nm14 nm
FeaturesARMv8-ISA, Mali-T830 MP2, Dual SIM LTE (Cat. 6), LPDDR3 Memory ControllerARM Mali-G71 MP2, 2x Cortex-A73 (2.2 GHz) + 6x Cortex-A53 (1.6 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-G71 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Exynos 7904
0.2 pt (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
12599 Points (10%)
12500 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 11780     avg: 13618     median: 13379.5 (11%)     max: 14930 Points
min: 12321     avg: 12706     median: 12747 (11%)     max: 13009 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1632     avg: 1675     median: 1685 (20%)     max: 1717 Points
min: 1657     avg: 1708     median: 1710 (20%)     max: 1755 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1354     avg: 1625     median: 1685 (19%)     max: 1741 Points
min: 1677     avg: 1712     median: 1713 (20%)     max: 1745 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
239 Points (10%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
596 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
273 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1010 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 869     avg: 919     median: 926.5 (9%)     max: 946 Points
min: 1268     avg: 1306     median: 1320 (13%)     max: 1329 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3316     avg: 3608     median: 3680.5 (4%)     max: 3805 Points
min: 4017     avg: 4073     median: 4096 (5%)     max: 4105 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 887     avg: 888     median: 888 (12%)     max: 889 Points
1247 Points (17%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3438     avg: 3473     median: 3473 (8%)     max: 3508 Points
3702 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
3508 Points (5%)
3799 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
876 Points (13%)
1263 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
968 Points (8%)
598 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2829 Points (26%)
1860 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
5944 Points (12%)
7368 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
3298 Points (7%)
3613 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
3897 Points (10%)
4275 Points (11%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 8684     avg: 9440     median: 9271 (11%)     max: 10788 ms
min: 3703     avg: 4610     median: 4515.5 (5%)     max: 5707 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
min: 7798     avg: 8407     median: 8372 (8%)     max: 9087 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 34     avg: 38.7     median: 40 (8%)     max: 42 Points
min: 43     avg: 50.8     median: 52 (11%)     max: 56 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 62810     avg: 65730     median: 66608 (23%)     max: 68232 Points
min: 71303     avg: 73318     median: 73318 (25%)     max: 75333 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 7947     avg: 8633     median: 8430.5 (26%)     max: 9656 Points
min: 2712     avg: 5838     median: 6029.5 (19%)     max: 8580 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 21484     avg: 23751     median: 24193.5 (30%)     max: 24268 Points
min: 27074     avg: 30317     median: 31150.5 (38%)     max: 31891 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 12982     avg: 13331     median: 13167.5 (4%)     max: 14340 Points
min: 21269     avg: 22734     median: 23138.5 (7%)     max: 23389 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 39451     avg: 41305     median: 41643.5 (25%)     max: 41874 Points
min: 45380     avg: 46822     median: 46737 (29%)     max: 48432 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 81992     avg: 87019     median: 87511.5 (15%)     max: 89639 Points
min: 101367     avg: 105710     median: 105782 (19%)     max: 109906 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
23506 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
27124 Points (22%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
6105 Points (1%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
49105 Points (18%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
105840 Points (10%)
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
min: 131628     avg: 133094     median: 133094 (18%)     max: 134560 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 2413     avg: 2626     median: 2635 (14%)     max: 2819 Points
min: 2527     avg: 2548     median: 2547.5 (13%)     max: 2568 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
min: 5970     avg: 7032     median: 6957 (15%)     max: 8244 Points
min: 4371     avg: 5078     median: 5077.5 (11%)     max: 5784 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 4615     avg: 4805     median: 4834.5 (32%)     max: 4911 Points
min: 5269     avg: 5372     median: 5372.5 (35%)     max: 5474 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 5704     avg: 5956     median: 5887 (29%)     max: 6252 Points
min: 5802     avg: 6452     median: 6542 (33%)     max: 6923 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
4.5 MB/s (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
72.8 MB/s (2%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
13.9 MB/s (17%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
259.3 MB/s (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
4843 Points (8%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
5089 Points (24%)

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 659 → 100% n=29

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 7904 → 112% n=29

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