HiSilicon Kirin 650 vs Intel Atom Z2520
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Intel Atom Z2520 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 650 or Intel Atom Z2520 - 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 650 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 650 was released in Q2/2016. The Intel Atom Z2520 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z2520 was released in Q2/2013. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Atom (108) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) | CPU group | Intel Atom Z2500/Z2700 (3) |
| 4 | Generation | 2 |
| Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Cloverview |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 650 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 650 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Atom Z2520 has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom Z2520 is at 1.20 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Characteristic | Intel Atom Z2520 |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 8 | Threads | 4 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.00 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
A-Core | 1.20 GHz |
| 1.70 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The HiSilicon Kirin 650 or Intel Atom Z2520 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | GPU | PowerVR SGX544 MP2 |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 28nm | Technology | 45nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 2 |
| 2 | Compute units | 4 |
| 32 | Shader | 8 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 11 | DirectX Version | 10.1 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| ARM Mali-T830 MP2 | GPU | PowerVR SGX544 MP2 |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | No |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 650 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Atom Z2520 supports up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 8.5 GB/s. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Characteristic | Intel Atom Z2520 |
| LPDDR3-933 | Memory | LPDDR2-1066 |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 8.5 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | -- |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 650 is --, while the Intel Atom Z2520 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Characteristic | Intel Atom Z2520 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | -- |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 90 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 650 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom Z2520 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Characteristic | Intel Atom Z2520 |
| 16 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Monolithic |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | MMX, SSE3, SSSE3 |
| -- | Socket | BGA |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| Android | Operating systems | |
| Q2/2016 | Release date | Q2/2013 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 650
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z2520
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 650
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z2520
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 650
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z2520
PowerVR SGX544 MP2 @ 0.30 GHz |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 650 | Intel Atom Z2520 |
| Unknown | Unknown |
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