Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 655

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 and HiSilicon Kirin 655 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 16 nm (28 nm vs 16 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2120 MHz (1400 MHz vs 2120 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2016 (September 2015 vs December 2016)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2015
Launch Date
December 2016
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung
Manufacturing
-
MSM8937
Model Name
Kirin 655
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
4x 2.12 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
28 nm
Technology
16 nm
1400 MHz
Frequency
2120 MHz
1
Transistor count
4

GPU Specifications

Adreno 505
GPU name
Mali-T830 MP2
450 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
0.0432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0576 TFLOPS
48
Shading units
16
1
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
1.0
Vulkan version
1.0
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
11
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

Up to 150 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 4
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
No
5G support
No
4.1
Bluetooth
4.1
5
Wi-Fi
4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Memory Specifications

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR3
800 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 21MP
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
1K at 30FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon 536
Neural processor (NPU)
No

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 430
206 +9%
Kirin 655
189
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 430
832 +20%
Kirin 655
694
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 430
42
Kirin 655
56 +33%