Product Compare
HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo |
| Frequency | 2360 MHz | 2342 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistor count | 4 | 2 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| TDP | 11 W | |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-T830 MP2 | Adreno 530 |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 653 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 1 |
| Shading units | 16 | 256 |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Hexagon 680 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 50 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Jan 2017 | Aug 2016 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | Hi6250 | MSM8996 Pro-AC |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 215 | 391 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 810 | 797 |
| FP32 (float) | 57 | 334 |