HiSilicon Kirin 655 vs Intel Core i9-14900T

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HiSilicon Kirin 655 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-14900T
HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Core i9-14900T

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 and the Intel Core i9-14900T and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 8 core processor released in Q2/2016 with the Intel Core i9-14900T which has 24 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2024.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 14000 (23)
4 Generation 14
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Raptor Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i9-13900T
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.12 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-14900T clocks with 1.10 GHz (5.50 GHz), has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Core i9-14900T
8 Cores 24
8 Threads 32
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.12 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.10 GHz (5.50 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core 0.80 GHz (4.00 GHz)
16x Gracemont

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 655 Characteristic Intel Core i9-14900T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.65 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 11
28nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 32
32 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 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-T830 MP2 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 655, while the Intel Core i9-14900T supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Core i9-14900T
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 192 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 32.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 36.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-14900T is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Core i9-14900T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) 106 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-14900T is at 68.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Core i9-14900T
16 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 LGA 1700
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2024
-- 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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (7%)
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846 (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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
168 (100%)
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 5.50 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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
794 (100%)
Intel Core i9-14900T Intel Core i9-14900T
24C 32T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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