HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 659 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 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

Snapdragon 778G Plus

575937

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 659

214

Snapdragon 778G Plus

813

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 659

811

Snapdragon 778G Plus

2934

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Prime) 3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 670 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
TDP		5 Watt
Neural Processing	-	Qualcomm Hexagon 770

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	933 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 642L
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	900 MHz	550 MHz
Execution units	2	4
Shaders	32	384
DirectX		12
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@144Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 16MP, 2x 8MP	1x 200MP, 1x 36MP + 1x 22MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD+@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	3.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS