AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs HiSilicon Kirin 955
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CPU comparisonAMD Athlon Silver 7120C or HiSilicon Kirin 955 - 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 Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C was released in Q3/2022. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 was released in Q2/2016. |
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| AMD Athlon (29) | Family | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) | CPU group | HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2) |
| 5 | Generation | 4 |
| Mendocino (Zen2) | Architecture | Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz) 2x Zen 2 |
A-Core | 2.50 GHz 4x Cortex-A72 |
| -- | B-Core | 1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| AMD Radeon 610M | GPU | ARM Mali-T880 MP4 |
| 0.40 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.90 GHz |
| 1.90 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 0.90 GHz |
| 9 | GPU Generation | Midgard 4 |
| 6 nm | Technology | 16 nm |
| 3 | Max. displays | 2 |
| 2 | Compute units | 4 |
| 128 | Shader | 64 |
| Yes | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 8 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 12 | DirectX Version | 11 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| AMD Radeon 610M | GPU | ARM Mali-T880 MP4 |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
| LPDDR5-5500 | Memory | LPDDR4, LPDDR3 |
| 16 GB | Max. Memory | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 44.0 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | -- |
| No | ECC | No |
| 1.00 MB | L2 Cache | -- |
| 2.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 4 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 3.9 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a TDP of 15 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 955 is --. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
| 15 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | -- |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| 95 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a 3.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 955 cache has a total of 0.00 MB. |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
| 6 nm | Technology | 16 nm |
| Unknown | Chip design | Chiplet |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | ISA extensions | -- |
| FT6 | Socket | -- |
| AMD-V, SVM | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | Android |
| Q3/2022 | Release date | Q2/2016 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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| AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
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