HiSilicon Kirin 655 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

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HiSilicon Kirin 655 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 655 and the Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 Xeon Gold 5318Y which has 24 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2021.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
HiSilicon Kirin 650 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21)
4 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Ice Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- 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 Xeon Gold 5318Y clocks with 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz), has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
8 Cores 24
8 Threads 48
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.12 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz)
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

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 655 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 no iGPU
0.90 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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-T830 MP2 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 655, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 187.6 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 187.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 36.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 64
-- PCIe Bandwidth 126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y is 165 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 655 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y is at 36.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
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, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 4189
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price 1273 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 655 (13%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 655 (4%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y (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 (13%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz
1251 (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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
794 (4%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
21846 (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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
ARM Mali-T830 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
@ 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 655 HiSilicon Kirin 655
8C 8T @ 2.12 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
33299 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 655 Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
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