HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 659 with MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus. 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

Dimensity 1000 Plus

602175

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 659

214

Dimensity 1000 Plus

793

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 659

811

Dimensity 1000 Plus

2902

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
Neural Processing	-	MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	933 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	2	9
Shaders	32	144
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	1920x1200	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 16MP, 2x 8MP	1x 80MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD+@60fps	4K@30fps
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	4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS