HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Google Tensor G3

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HiSilicon Kirin 659

Google Tensor G3

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs. 9 cores 2910MHz Google Tensor G3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G3 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.4158 TFLOPS vs 0.0576 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 2360MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 16nm)

Released 6 years and 9 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

HiSilicon Kirin 659

103952

Google Tensor G3 +878%

1016809

Geekbench 6 Single Core

HiSilicon Kirin 659

215

Google Tensor G3 +721%

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

HiSilicon Kirin 659

810

Google Tensor G3 +452%

4477

FP32 (float)

HiSilicon Kirin 659

57

Google Tensor G3 +4136%

2415

HiSilicon Kirin 659

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Google Tensor G3

CPU

4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510

2360 MHz

Frequency

2910 MHz

8

Cores

9

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv9-A

16 nm

Process

4 nm

4

Transistor count

-

TDP

4.7 W

-

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-T830 MP2

GPU name

Mali-G715 MP7

900 MHz

GPU frequency

890 MHz

2

Execution units

7

16

Shading units

192

4

Max size

16

0.0576 TFLOPS

FLOPS

2.4158 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

-

1.2

OpenCL version

-

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR3

Memory type

LPDDR5X

933 MHz

Memory frequency

-

2x 32 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

1920 x 1200

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 16MP, 2x 8MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

1K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

1080p at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 7

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 300 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7300 Mbps

Up to 50 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

4

Wi-Fi

7

4.2

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Jan 2017

Announced

Oct 2023

Mid range

Class

Flagship

Hi6250

Model number

-

Official page

Google Tensor G3

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