HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Intel Core i5-12600HE

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HiSilicon Kirin 620 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-12600HE
HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Core i5-12600HE

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Core i5-12600HE - 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 Core i5-12600HE has 12 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12600HE was released in Q1/2022.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (1) CPU group Intel Core i 12000H (23)
3 Generation 12
Cortex-A53 Architecture Alder Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-13600HE

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 Core i5-12600HE has 12 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-12600HE is at 2.50 GHz (4.50 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12600HE
4 Cores 12
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.50 GHz (4.50 GHz)
4x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz)
8x Gracemont

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 Core i5-12600HE
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Core i5-12600HE 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 Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 13
28nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 4
4 Compute units 80
64 Shader 640
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
0 DirectX Version 12.1

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 Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
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
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 Core i5-12600HE supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12600HE
LPDDR3 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 9.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 18.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 28
-- PCIe Bandwidth 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 620 is --, while the Intel Core i5-12600HE has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12600HE
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-12600HE is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 27.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12600HE
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, AVX2, AVX2+
-- Socket BGA 1744
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2022
-- 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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (2%)
Intel Core i5-12600HE Intel Core i5-12600HE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1611 (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 (100%)
Intel Core i5-12600HE Intel Core i5-12600HE
12C 16T @ 4.50 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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
505 (100%)
Intel Core i5-12600HE Intel Core i5-12600HE
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Core i5-12600HE
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