HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
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
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
103,952
-
Geekbench 6
215
391
Geekbench 6
810
797
FP32 (float)
57
334