Apple A17 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 659

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with HiSilicon Kirin 659. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A17 Pro

1568389

Kirin 659

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Kirin 659

214

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Kirin 659

811

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	4
Instruction Set		ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million	4000 million
TDP	8 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	-

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-T830 MP2
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	768	32
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		1920x1200
Max camera resolution		1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD+@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS