AMD A4-3310MX vs HiSilicon Kirin 659. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A4-3000M HiSilicon Kirin 650
• Family
  AMD A HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  1 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• B-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.5 GHz 2.36 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.36 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Execution units
  3 2
• Generation
  3 Midgard 4
• GPU Frequency
  440 MHz 900 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6480G ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q4/2015
• Shader
  240 32
• Technology
  32 nm 28nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 659 and AMD A4-3310MX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR3-933

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-3310MX and HiSilicon Kirin 659 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-3310MX and HiSilicon Kirin 659, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a -
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2016
• Socket
  FS1 -
• Technology
  32 nm 16 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None