HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 benchmark which processor is better

Kirin 659 vs Exynos 7 Octa 7885

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Full data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885, comparison of GPUs Mali-T830 MP2 and Mali-G71 MP18.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 659 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Exynos 7 Octa 7885 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in software tests such as GFXBench, WebXPRT 3, 3DMark, PassMark, Vellamo, Geekbench, Quadrant, Octane V2, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, PCMark, AnTuTu, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Mortal Kombat, Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG, Fortnite, Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processors is better to buy Kirin 659 or Exynos 7 Octa 7885 and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9.

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 659

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

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

Kirin 659

52%

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

56%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 659

Exynos 7 Octa 7885

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 659	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Total score	75358	136471
CPU	21107	38211
GPU	28630	51853
MEM	12052	21835
UX	13572	24556

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 659	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Single-Core	195	279
Multi-Core	877	1228

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 659	Exynos 7 Octa 7885
Frequency	2360 MHz	2100 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	8 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR4
Max. Memory	6 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	933	1866
Memory bandwidth	28
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	4 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 Kirin 659 is 11% better than Exynos 7 Octa 7885 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	Mali-G71 MP18
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	546 MHz
GFloPS	61.2	334
# of Cores	2	18
# of Shader Units
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 1440 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)	17.1	26.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	28.6	37.3
Call of Duty: Mobile	19.5	34.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	14.6	25.7
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	18.2	37.7
Real Racing 3	50.1	65.3
Sniper 3D	62.9	48.5
Need for Speed No Limits	40	67.1
Mortal Kombat X	41.5	42.9
CSR Racing 2	34.3	44.8

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	28 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP	28 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, H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem		LTE Cat.13 3CA
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 659 is better: 9
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 is better: 26
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips Kirin 659 and Exynos 7 Octa 7885, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 659 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 659 specs and review.

Exynos 7 Octa 7885 SoC - all data

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

• Exynos 7 Octa 7885 specs and review.