HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Samsung Exynos 2500
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs. 10 cores 3300MHz Samsung Exynos 2500 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Samsung Exynos 2500 Advantages
Higher Frequency (3300MHz vs 2360MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 16nm)
Released 8 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103952
Samsung Exynos 2500
+2323%
2519784
CPU
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
2360 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
8
Cores
10
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
16 nm
Process
3 nm
4
Transistor count
-
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU name
-
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
2
Execution units
-
16
Shading units
-
4
Max size
24
0.0576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.0
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR5X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max camera resolution
-
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- H.265
- AV1
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
-
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
-
4
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Jan 2017
Announced
Aug 2025
Mid range
Class
Flagship
Hi6250
Model number
S5E9955
