HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 659 with HiSilicon Kirin 9010. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 659

214

Kirin 9010

1408

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 659

811

Kirin 9010

4284

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.3 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.18 GHz – Taishan V121 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
Number of cores	4	12
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
Neural Processing	-	HUAWEI Da Vinci

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	933 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T830 MP2	Maleoon 910
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency	900 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	2	4
Shaders	32	1024
DirectX		12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	1920x1200	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD+@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS