AMD EPYC 7302 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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AMD EPYC 7302 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
AMD EPYC 7302 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 7302 or HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G - 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 EPYC 7302 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7302 was released in Q3/2019.

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.86 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G was released in Q3/2019.
AMD EPYC (129) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3)
2 Generation 8
Rome (Zen 2) Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7302 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7302 is 3.00 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is at 2.86 GHz.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
16 Cores 8
32 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz (3.30 GHz) A-Core 2.86 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 2.09 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- C-Core 1.86 GHz
4x Cortex-A55

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 EPYC 7302 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
-- AI hardware HUAWEI HiAI 2.0
-- AI specifications Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny

Internal Graphics

The AMD EPYC 7302 or HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G 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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 3
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 16
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP16
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 7302 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-2133
Max. Memory 8 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
128.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version --
128 PCIe lanes --
252.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7302 is 155 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
155 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7302 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 128.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
7 nm Technology 7 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
SP3 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2019
2850 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7302 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G (75%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7302 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G (25%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
1057 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
757 (72%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
16149 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
2855 (18%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
1274 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996 (78%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
10254 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
3244 (32%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
384 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
0 (0%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz
737 (100%)

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 EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
32694 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 7302 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
Unknown Huawei Mate 30 Pro

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