Exynos 7904 vs Kirin 659
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7904 (with Mali-G71 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 Samsung Exynos 7904
- Announced 2-years and 2-months later
- Performs 63% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 45%) AnTuTu 9 score – 172K vs 118K
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 16 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 659
- 31% higher CPU clock speed (2360 vs 1800 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~17%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 53678 | 42484 |
| GPU | 26489 | 11905 |
| Memory | 37911 | 24599 |
| UX | 54434 | 40036 |
| Total score | 172394 | 118571 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 58.2 Mpixels/s | 69.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 7.21 images/s | 9.19 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 19.6 words/s | 14.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 13.6 images/s | 10 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 6.87 images/s | 4.62 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.18 Mnodes/s | 1.35 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 312.1 Krows/s | 335.3 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Score | 407 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7904 and Kirin 659CPU
| Architecture | 2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 6x 1.6 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 | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 4 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP2 | Mali-T830 MP2 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Midgard |
| GPU frequency | 770 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 65 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 | - | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2400 x 1080 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 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 2019 | January 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | S5E7904 | Hi6250 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 7904 official site | - |
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