Some of the popular midrange smartphones like Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Honor 7X is the well known in the market. Honor using its own Kirin 659 processor and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 processor. Today we will find out which processor is the best in different segments.
Both the SoC has an almost similar specification but they work differently in real life example. This both processors are made for the low-end smartphones, which are mostly priced at 10-20k Rs.
What’s Difference?
SoC | Snapdragon 636 | Kirin 659 |
---|---|---|
Contraction | 14 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
CPU | 8 x 1.8GHz | 4 x 2.36GHz & 4 x 1.7GHz |
GPU | Adreno 509 | Mali T830 MP2 at 900MHz |
RAM | LPDDR4X at 1.900MHz | LPDDR3 at 1.033MHz |
ISP | 24 megapixels or 13 + 13 | 21 megapixels or 12 + 12 |
Video | H.265, H.264, 4K at 30fps, FullHD at 120fps | H.265, 4K at 30 fps |
Connectivity | LTE category 12 | LTE category 6 |
Snapdragon 636
- High Performance
- Battery Efficient
- Fast Modem
- Great for Gaming
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Kirin 659 Pro & Cons
The HiSilicon Kirin 659 is an ARM-based octa-core SoC for mid-range smartphones and tablets. It was announced mid-2017 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Four cores can be clocked with up to 1.7 GHz (power saving cores) and four with up to 2.36 GHz (performance cores). The difference to the older Kirin 650 and Kirin 655 SoCs is the higher clock speed of the performance cores (2.35 versus 2.1 and 2.0 GHz).
- Higher Raw Performance
- Power Efficient (16nm FinFET)
- Decent Gaming Performance
- Fast Modem (LTE Cat. 6)
- Weaker GPU
- Not Powerful Enough (Cortex-A53 Cores)
Antutu BenchMarks
Snapdragon 636: 113004
Kirin 659: 73416
Making Winner Snapdragon 636
GeekBench Score (Single core – Multicore)
Snapdragon 636: 1338 – 4864
Kirin 659: 914-3261
Making Winner Snapdragon 636
Conclusion
Coming to the Conclusion after seeing the benchmark results Snapdragon 636 is far better than the Kirin 659 in every single stuff. Snapdragon 636 has better CPU, GPU, ISP, RAM & charging.