The Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor scores 1893 points in the Passmark benchmark, featuring Four 2.36GHz Cortex A53 Four 1.7GHz Cortex A53 cores. This performance is comparable to the Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 650 and Mediatek MT6797-Helio X20.
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| Benchmark |
Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659 Score |
| AnTuTu |
88313 |
| Geekbench (Multi Core) |
979 |
| Geekbench (Single Core) |
272 |
| Passmark |
1893 |
Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659 Specification
| Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659 Specification |
Details |
| Designed by |
Huawei HiSilicon |
| Model |
Kirin 659 |
| Manufacturer |
TSMC |
| Launch date |
March 2017 |
| Architecture |
ARMv8-A |
| Bit width |
64-bit support |
| Architecture |
Octa-core: 4x 2.36GHz Cortex A53 + 4x 1.7GHz Cortex A53 |
| Number of Cores / Threads |
8 |
| Clock Speed |
up to 2.36 GHz |
| Big |
Four 2.36GHz Cortex A53 |
| Mid |
Four 1.7GHz Cortex A53 |
| Transistor Count |
4 Million |
| Integrated GPU |
Mali T628 MP4 |
| GPU Cores |
2 |
| GPU frequency |
900 MHz |
| Shading units |
16 |
| Total shaders |
32 |
| Vulkan |
1 |
| OpenCL |
1.2 |
| AI processor (machine learning) |
No |
| Max display resolution |
1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution |
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture |
1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback |
1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs |
H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs |
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Max Memory |
4GB |
| RAM Type |
LPDDR3 |
| Bus |
2x 32 Bit |
| Storage |
eMMC 5.1 |
| Technology Process |
16 nm |
| Wattage (peak TDP) |
5W |
| Features |
Huawei HiSilicon modem up to 50 Mbps |
| 4G Modes |
LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support |
No |
| Wi-Fi version |
4 |
| Bluetooth version |
4.2 |
| Navigation |
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |