Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4610 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
—
L2 cache
24 MB
—
L3 cache
8 MB
—
Process
3 nm
16 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Transistor count
—
4
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
900 MHz
Shading units
512
16
Execution units
—
2
Vulkan version
—
1.0
OpenCL version
—
1.2
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Memory frequency
—
933 MHz
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
No
Max display resolution
—
1920 x 1200
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
4
Bluetooth
6.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Download speed
—
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 50 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Jan 2017
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
Hi6250
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
103,952
Geekbench 6
3,834
215
Geekbench 6
12,396
810
FP32 (float)
3,686
57
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.