AMD A8-4500M vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

Last updated: 2023-11-06

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-4500M		HiSilicon Kirin 960
CPU comparison AMD A8-4500M or HiSilicon Kirin 960 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A8-4500M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-4500M was released in Q2/2012. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 was released in Q4/2016.

AMD A (112)	Family	HiSilicon Kirin (29)
AMD A8-4000M (2)	CPU group	HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)
2	Generation	5
Trinity (Piledriver)	Architecture	Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-4500M has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-4500M is 1.90 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 960 is at 2.40 GHz.
AMD A8-4500M	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 960
4	Cores	8
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.90 GHz (2.80 GHz)	A-Core	2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-4500M	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 960
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A8-4500M or HiSilicon Kirin 960 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon HD 7640G	GPU	ARM Mali-G71 MP8
0.50 GHz	GPU frequency	0.90 GHz
0.69 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
4	GPU Generation	Bifrost 1
32 nm	Technology	16 nm
2	Max. displays	2
4	Compute units	8
256	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11	DirectX Version	11

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 7640G	GPU	ARM Mali-G71 MP8
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-4500M can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.
AMD A8-4500M	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 960
DDR3-1600	Memory	LPDDR4-1600
	Max. Memory	6 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	--
--	PCIe lanes	--
--	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-4500M is 35 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 960 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A8-4500M	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 960
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A8-4500M is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD A8-4500M	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 960
32 nm	Technology	16 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	--
FS1r2	Socket	--
AMD-V	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
	Operating systems	Android
Q2/2012	Release date	Q4/2016
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-4500M (83%)

HiSilicon Kirin 960 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-4500M (55%)

HiSilicon Kirin 960 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	316 (83%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	381 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	844 (55%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1521 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-4500M AMD Radeon HD 7640G @ 0.69 GHz	351 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245 (70%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	403 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1393 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	93 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	285 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2702 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	389 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	61 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-4500M 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	158 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 960 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD A8-4500M	HiSilicon Kirin 960
Unknown	Huawei Honor 8 Pro Huawei Honor 9 Huawei Mate 9 Huawei Mate 9 Pro Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Huawei MediaPad M5 Huawei Nova 2s Huawei P10

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