HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive data of benchmarks and speed tests HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro, comparison of GPUs Mali-T830 MP2 and Adreno 506.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 658 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special test applications such as Neocore, AnTuTu 8, Octane V2, Quadrant, PCMark, Mozilla Kraken, GFXBench, PassMark, WebXPRT 3, 3DMark, Vellamo, Geekbench, and how good the SoCs are in games Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock etc.
   After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which chipset is better to buy Kirin 658 or Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9, Madout2.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 658

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 658

52%

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

54%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 658

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 658	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro
Total score	57552	68933
CPU	16117	19303
GPU	21865	26192
MEM	9207	11035
UX	10368	12401

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 658	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro
Single-Core	148	178
Multi-Core	670	802

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 658	Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro
Frequency	2100 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	6 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)
Max. Memory	6 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	933	1866
Memory bandwidth	28	10
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	1 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is 4% better than Kirin 658 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 506
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	650 MHz
GFloPS	61.2	130
# of Cores	2
# of Shader Units		96
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	1920 x 1080 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	12.2	14.3
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	20.1	24.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	12.1	16.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	9.7	11.1
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	12.4	15.3
Real Racing 3	25.1	49
Sniper 3D	44.2	46.6
Need for Speed No Limits	24.1	44.1
Mortal Kombat X	29.1	35.5
CSR Racing 2	28.1	34.3

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	16 MP	24 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X9 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 658 is better: 9
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro is better: 25
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint testing and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips Kirin 658 and Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 658 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark

• Kirin 658 specs and review.

Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark

• Snapdragon 626 MSM8953 Pro specs and review.