HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 659 with HiSilicon Kirin 980. 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

Kirin 659

Kirin 980

484026

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 659

214

Kirin 980

698

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 659

811

Kirin 980

2482

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million	6900 million
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	-	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	933 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	900 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	2	10
Shaders	32	160
DirectX		12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	1920x1200	3120x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 16MP, 2x 8MP	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD+@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS