HiSilicon Kirin 659
vs
MediaTek Helio G81

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 659 and MediaTek Helio G81 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2360 MHz (2360 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
  • Higher Technology: 12 nm (16 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2024 (January 2017 vs August 2024)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2017
Launch Date
August 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Hi6250
Model Name
Helio G81
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
16 nm
Technology
12 nm
2360 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
4
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-T830 MP2
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
900 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
0.0576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0912 TFLOPS
16
Shading units
24
2
Execution units
-
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
11
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
-
No
5G support
No
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
4
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 659
215
Helio G81
412 +92%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 659
810
Helio G81
1363 +68%
FP32 (float)
Kirin 659
58
Helio G81
93 +60%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 659
101873
Helio G81
267388 +162%