HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8160

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HiSilicon Kirin 620 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 - 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 Xeon Platinum 8160 has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 was released in Q3/2017.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16)
3 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Xeon Platinum 8160 has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 is at 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
4 Cores 24
4 Threads 48
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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 Xeon Platinum 8160
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 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 no iGPU
0.53 GHz GPU frequency --
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
LPDDR3 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 768 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 33.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 620 is --, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 33.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
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, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 4700 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (10%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 620 (3%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 (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 (10%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1062 (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 (3%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
16458 (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 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
@ 0.00 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.
HiSilicon Kirin 620 HiSilicon Kirin 620
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
27988 (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 Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (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 Xeon Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
3444 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 620 Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
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