MediaTek Helio G96 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2050 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
12 nm
16 nm
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
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Transistor count
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4
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU frequency
950 MHz
900 MHz
Execution units
2
2
Shading units
64
16
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
17.1 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
No
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 650 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
4
Bluetooth
5.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Info
Announced
Jun 2021
Jan 2017
Class
Mid range
Mid range
Model number
MT6781
Hi6250
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
388,043
103,952
FP32 (float)
243
57
Geekbench 6
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215
Geekbench 6
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810
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.