Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2450 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
128 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
10 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
3
4
TDP
9 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
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Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 540
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU frequency
739 MHz
900 MHz
Execution units
1
2
Shading units
384
16
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
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 682
No
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 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, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1000 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
Info
Announced
Nov 2016
Jan 2017
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8998
Hi6250
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
339,384
103,952
Geekbench 6
415
215
Geekbench 6
1,519
810
FP32 (float)
567
57
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.