HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs MediaTek Helio G36
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Helio G36 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
HiSilicon Kirin 659 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.0576 TFLOPS vs 0.0435 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2360MHz vs 2200MHz)
MediaTek Helio G36 Advantages
More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 16nm)
Released 5 years and 1 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103952
MediaTek Helio G36
+48%
154460
Geekbench 6 Single Core
HiSilicon Kirin 659
215
MediaTek Helio G36
+6%
229
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
HiSilicon Kirin 659
810
MediaTek Helio G36
+4%
848
FP32 (float)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
+32%
57
MediaTek Helio G36
43
CPU
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2360 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
16 nm
Process
12 nm
4
Transistor count
-
-
TDP
2.2 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU name
PowerVR GE8320
900 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
2
Execution units
4
16
Shading units
8
4
Max size
8
0.0576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0435 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.2
OpenCL version
1.2
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
-
Max bandwidth
13.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
No
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
2400 x 1080
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max camera resolution
1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
No
5G support
No
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
4
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Jan 2017
Announced
Feb 2022
Mid range
Class
Low end
Hi6250
Model number
-
