We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (with Adreno 509 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 659 (Mali-T830 MP2). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
- Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 10 score – 211K vs 103K
- Announced 10-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 16 nm)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 659
- 31% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 1800 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 85476 46276 GPU 25195 7090 Memory 47099 17518 UX 54722 32873 Total score 211548 103572
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 68 MB/sec 62.5 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser 33.7 pages/sec 27.2 pages/sec PDF Renderer 44.2 Mpixels/sec 39 Mpixels/sec Image detection 11 images/sec 10 images/sec HDR 37.9 Mpixels/sec 26.1 Mpixels/sec Background blur 1.71 images/sec 0.84 images/sec Photo processing 8.66 images/sec 6.86 images/sec Ray tracing 1.82 Mpixels/sec 1.71 Mpixels/sec
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Graphics test 1 FPS - Score 259 -
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 636 and Kirin 659
CPU
Architecture 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 8 8 Frequency 1800 MHz 2360 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 14 nanometers 16 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion 4 billion TDP 5 W - Manufacturing Samsung -
Graphics
GPU name Adreno 509 Mali-T830 MP2 Architecture Adreno 500 Midgard 4th gen GPU frequency 720 MHz 900 MHz Execution units 1 2 Shading units 128 16 Total shaders 128 32 FLOPS 184.3 Gigaflops 57.6 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.0 OpenCL version 2.0 1.2 DirectX version 11 -
Memory
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR3 Memory frequency 1333 MHz 933 MHz Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit Max bandwidth 5.3 Gbit/s - Max size 8 GB 4 GB
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 680 No Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1900 x 1200 1920 x 1200 Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem X12 - 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 50 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 4 Bluetooth 5.0 4.2 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 636
83 (72.8%)
Total votes: 114
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