AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs HiSilicon Kirin 925

Last updated: 2023-10-04

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		HiSilicon Kirin 925
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or HiSilicon Kirin 925 - 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 Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X was released in Q3/2019. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 was released in Q3/2014.

AMD Ryzen 5 (84)	Family	HiSilicon Kirin (29)
AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	CPU group	HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)
3	Generation	2
Matisse (Zen 2)	Architecture	Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (4.40 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 925
6	Cores	8
12	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.80 GHz (4.40 GHz)	A-Core	1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A15
--	B-Core	1.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A7
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 Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 925
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The 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.
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 The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 925
DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR3-1600
128 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	--
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
32.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
4.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a TDP of 95 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 925 is --.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 925
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	--
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a 32.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 925 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	HiSilicon Kirin 925
7 nm	Technology	28 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	--
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	--
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android
Q3/2019	Release date	Q3/2014
215 $	Release price	--

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	69 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	468 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1301 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	9704 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1245 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	6992 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1605 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	6822 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	501 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	3751 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz	77 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	142 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	18267 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	233.9 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	503 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	4083 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	204 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 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 Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1647 (100%)
	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	HiSilicon Kirin 925
dercomputerladen PC mit Ryzen 5 3600X Memory Gaming PC mit Ryzen 5 3600X	Unknown

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