Snapdragon 450 vs Kirin 659
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (with Adreno 506 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
- Performs 3x better in floating-point computations
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 16 nm)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 659
- Higher GPU frequency (~38%)
- 31% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 1800 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 9 score – 129K vs 99K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 29781 | 44402 |
| GPU | 14379 | 11914 |
| Memory | 29514 | 39120 |
| UX | 24907 | 31774 |
| Total score | 99330 | 129580 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 66.4 Mpixels/s | 68.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 8.97 images/s | 9.19 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 18.6 words/s | 14.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 11.7 images/s | 10 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.27 images/s | 4.67 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.26 Mnodes/s | 1.33 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 317.5 Krows/s | 335.3 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 450 and Kirin 659CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 4 billion |
| TDP | 3 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | Mali-T830 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Midgard |
| GPU frequency | 600-650 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | 41 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 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
| Modem | X9 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | June 2017 | January 2017 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM450 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site | - |
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