AMD Athlon 5350 vs HiSilicon Kirin 658

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 5350 HiSilicon Kirin 658
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Athlon HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  3 4
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 5000 HiSilicon Kirin 650

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 5350 vs HiSilicon Kirin 658 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
  2.05 GHz 1.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.35 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 Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8400 ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  2 2
• Shader
  128 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  5 Midgard 4
• DirectX Version
  11.1 11
• Technology
  28 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q4/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658. 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
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658 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
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR3-933
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658.

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 5350 or HiSilicon Kirin 658? 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)
  25 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658 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
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  AM1 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2016

List of devices based on AMD Athlon 5350 and HiSilicon Kirin 658.

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