HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Intel Atom x6211E

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HiSilicon Kirin 620 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom x6211E
HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Atom x6211E

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Atom x6211E - 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 HiSilicon Kirin 620 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 620 was released in Q1/2015.

The Intel Atom x6211E has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Atom x6211E was released in Q1/2021.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Atom (108)
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (1) CPU group Intel Atom x6000 (10)
3 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 Architecture Elkhart Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Atom x7211E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 620 is 1.20 GHz while the Intel Atom x6211E has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom x6211E is at 1.30 GHz (3.00 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Atom x6211E
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Atom x6211E
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Atom x6211E 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.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 11
28nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 16
64 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
0 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.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
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 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Atom x6211E supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 102.4 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Atom x6211E
LPDDR3 Memory LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 620 is --, while the Intel Atom x6211E has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Atom x6211E
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom x6211E is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 1.50 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Atom x6211E
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1493
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (15%)
Intel Atom x6211E (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (40%)
Intel Atom x6211E (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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
102 (15%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
685 (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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
505 (40%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1265 (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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (16%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.75 GHz
200 (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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1833 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
114 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom x6211E Intel Atom x6211E
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
202 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Atom x6211E
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