HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Intel Celeron N3160

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 620 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N3160
HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Celeron N3160

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Celeron N3160 - 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 Celeron N3160 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.24 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3160 was released in Q1/2016.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)
3 Generation 8
Cortex-A53 Architecture Braswell
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 Celeron N3160 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N3160 is at 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.24 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.24 GHz

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.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Celeron N3160 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 HD Graphics 400
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.32 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.64 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 8
28nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 12
64 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 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 HD Graphics 400
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
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Celeron N3160 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
LPDDR3 Memory DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory 8 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 620 is --, while the Intel Celeron N3160 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 Celeron N3160
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4 W
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N3160 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1170
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2016
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the HiSilicon Kirin 620 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Celeron N3160 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 2.7 stars (6 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (45%)
Intel Celeron N3160 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (65%)
Intel Celeron N3160 (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 (45%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
228 (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 (65%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
774 (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 (24%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz
134 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
179 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
512 (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 Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
1165 (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 Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
38 (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 Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
136 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Celeron N3160
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Celeron N3160Intel Celeron J1900 Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Celeron J1900
2. Intel Celeron N3150Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3150 vs Intel Celeron N3160
3. Intel Celeron J3455Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron J3455 vs Intel Celeron N3160
4. Intel Celeron N3160Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Celeron J3160
5. Intel Celeron N3160Intel Celeron N3350 Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Celeron N3350
6. Intel Celeron N3160Intel Pentium N3710 Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Pentium N3710
7. Intel Celeron N3160Intel Celeron N3450 Intel Celeron N3160 vs Intel Celeron N3450
8. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Celeron N3160
9. Intel Celeron N3060Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3060 vs Intel Celeron N3160
10. Intel Pentium N3700Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Pentium N3700 vs Intel Celeron N3160


back to index