Helio G80 vs Kirin 659
We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Helio G80 (with Mali-G52 MP2 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 659 (Mali-T830 MP2 ). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Helio G80
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 9 score – 235K vs 119K
- Announced 3-years and 2-months later
- Performs 37% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 16 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 659
- 18% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 2000 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 66816 | 42484 |
| GPU | 53195 | 11905 |
| Memory | 44029 | 24599 |
| UX | 69507 | 40036 |
| Total score | 235587 | 119114 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 79.2 Mpixels/s | 68.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.9 images/s | 9.19 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 23.4 words/s | 14.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 17.4 images/s | 10 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 8.63 images/s | 4.67 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.53 Mnodes/s | 1.33 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 416 Krows/s | 335.3 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
| Score | 683 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 30 FPS [High] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 30 FPS [Low] |
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| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Low] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 52 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 53 FPS [Medium] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 54 FPS [High] |
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| Device | Realme 6i 720 x 1600 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio G80 and Kirin 659CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 4 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MP2 | Mali-T830 MP2 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Midgard |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 54.6 Gigaflops | 40 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.41 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture | 2K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 2K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 100 Mbps | Up to 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | February 2020 | January 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6769T | Hi6250 |
| Official page | MediaTek Helio G80 official site | - |
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