HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2360 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
16 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
4
4
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
TDP
-
5 W
Manufacturing
-
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-T830 MP2
Mali-G71 MP8
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1037 MHz
Execution units
2
8
Shading units
16
16
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
11.3

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1600 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
-
28.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
No
No
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
2x 16MP
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
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Jan 2017
Oct 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
Hi6250
Hi3660

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
103,952
278,916
Geekbench 6
215
408
Geekbench 6
810
1,385
FP32 (float)
57
265