Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2150 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
2
4
TDP
11 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
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Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU frequency
624 MHz
900 MHz
Execution units
1
2
Shading units
256
16
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
No
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
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
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
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
4.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Info
Announced
Nov 2015
Jan 2017
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996
Hi6250
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
260,148
103,952
Geekbench 6
323
215
Geekbench 6
827
810
FP32 (float)
319
57
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.