The Huawei Mate 10 Lite is powered by the Kirin 659 chipset developed in-house by Huawei's HiSilicon subsidiary. It's a minor step over the Kirin 658, obviously. It has an octa-core CPU with eight A53 cores. Four of those take the heavy lifting and work at 2.36GHz, while the other four take care of less power-intensive tasks while ticking at 1.7GHz.
The GPU in charge of graphics is a dual-core Mali-T830, and Huawei also throws in 4 gigs of RAM.
The 659 chip has 10MHz higher clock for the faster CPU quarter and newer Bluetooth 4.2 support when compared to the 658 model. It's dropped the 5GHz Wi-Fi connectivity though.
The chip is built on a 16nm fabrication process, which isn't the most power-efficient process used for mid-range chipsets right now, but not that far behind the widespread 14nm either. So we expect the Kirin 659 to keep the phone rather cool at full throttle.
We kick off our benchmark routine with some processor torture as usual. A single A53 core can't get you very far on Geekbench, but at least its result offers consistent midrange performance results.
Higher is better
The consistent score continues with the high-performance quartet on the multi-core Geekbench test - the Mate 10 Lite is on par with the mid-range competition. The Snapdragon 660-powered R11 have an edge thanks to the Cortex-A72 pair.
Higher is better
The Mali-T830MP2 isn't a powerful GPU, but the series has proven over the past few months to offer balanced graphic performance for the class - nothing over the top, but enough. And our graphic tests confirm that. All competing Adreno GPUs by Qualcomm are obviously better, while the Mate 10 Lite's Mali offers the bare minimum for the class.
Higher is better
Higher is better
Higher is better
Higher is better
Our performance checkup continues with the compound tests - those gauge GPU, CPU, RAM, Web and OS performance. Here the Mate 10 Lite bested most of its competitors with similar chipsets posting some great all-round scores. The Oppo R11 and Honor 9 are obviously better with their premium chips and slashed prices, though.
Higher is better
Higher is better
Huawei Mate 10 Lite is well equipped for the class and won't fail you at any task. It handles organizing tasks hassle-free, and we had no issues playing popular games, though loading takes a while and hiccups do happen. The phone runs cool even at full throttle, so don't expect any heat issues no matter how you use it. It isn't a chart topper, sure, not even next to fellow mid-ranges, but the Mate 10 Lite offers balanced performance, and that's enough.
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