Processor HiSilicon Kirin 659, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor HiSilicon Kirin 659

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  4
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 650
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

HiSilicon Kirin 659 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  1.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.36 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.36 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Cortex-A53
• B core
  4x Cortex-A53
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  32
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  Midgard 4
• DirectX Version
  11
• Technology
  28nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  16 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2016
• Part Number
  --

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 659 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  1428 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1350 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1721 place