AMD A10-4600M vs HiSilicon Kirin 655

Let's find out which one of AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A10-4600M HiSilicon Kirin 655
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  AMD A10-4000M HiSilicon Kirin 650

In this block we are going to compare AMD A10-4600M vs HiSilicon Kirin 655 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 1.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 2.12 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53
• B core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7660G ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.69 GHz 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  6 2
• Shader
  384 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  4 Midgard 4
• DirectX Version
  11.2 11
• Technology
  32 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q4/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 LPDDR3-933
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655.

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A10-4600M or HiSilicon Kirin 655? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Trinity (Piledriver) Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  32 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  FS1r2 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2016

List of devices based on AMD A10-4600M and HiSilicon Kirin 655.

• Used in
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