AMD EPYC 9355 vs HiSilicon Kirin 930

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AMD EPYC 9355 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 930
AMD EPYC 9355 HiSilicon Kirin 930

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD EPYC 9355 and the HiSilicon Kirin 930 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD EPYC 9355 32 core processor released in Q4/2024 with the HiSilicon Kirin 930 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2015.
AMD EPYC (129) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
AMD EPYC 9005 (21) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2)
5 Generation 3
Turin (Zen 5 / Zen 5c) Architecture Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
AMD EPYC 9354 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9355 is a 32 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz. The processor can compute 64 threads at the same time. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 clocks with 2.00 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

AMD EPYC 9355 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
32 Cores 8
64 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz
32x Zen 5
A-Core 2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.50 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 EPYC 9355 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T628 MP4
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 2
Technology 32nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T628 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 6144 GB of memory in a maximum of 12 memory channels is supported by the AMD EPYC 9355, while the HiSilicon Kirin 930 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled.

AMD EPYC 9355 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
DDR5-6000 Memory LPDDR3-1600
6144 GB Max. Memory
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
480.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
128.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
128 PCIe lanes --
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The AMD EPYC 9355 has a TDP of 280 W. The TDP of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD EPYC 9355 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
280 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9355 has 128.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 4 nm. The cache of HiSilicon Kirin 930 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 28 nm.

AMD EPYC 9355 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
4 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions --
SP5 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems Android
Q4/2024 Release date Q1/2015
-- 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.
AMD EPYC 9355 AMD EPYC 9355
@ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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