HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Intel Core i5-8257U Benchmark, comparison and differences


HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G		Intel Core i5-8257U
CPU comparison HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G or Intel Core i5-8257U - 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 820 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.36 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Core i5-8257U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8257U was released in Q3/2019.

HiSilicon Kirin (29)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (8)
6	Generation	8
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55	Architecture	Coffee Lake U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.36 GHz. The Intel Core i5-8257U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz (3.90 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8257U
8	Cores	4
8	Threads	8
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.36 GHz 4x Cortex-A76	A-Core	1.40 GHz (3.90 GHz)
1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A55	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 820 5G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8257U
HUAWEI HiAI 2.0	AI hardware	--
Da Vinci Architecture. Ascend D110 Lite	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
ARM Mali-G57 MP6	GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
0.85 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
Vallhall 1	GPU Generation	9.5
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	48
96	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	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-G57 MP6	GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G supports a maximum of GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8257U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8257U
LPDDR4X-2133	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	32 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Intel Core i5-8257U is 15 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8257U
6 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-8257U cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8257U
7 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
--	Socket	BGA 1528
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	320 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G (65%)

Intel Core i5-8257U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G (64%)

Intel Core i5-8257U (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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	641 (65%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	989 (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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	2429 (64%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3770 (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 820 5G ARM Mali-G57 MP6 @ 0.85 GHz	653 (81%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 @ 1.05 GHz	806 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	998 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4017 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1212 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4237 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	391 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1589 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.


	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	384634 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	66 (100%)

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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	7628 (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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	159 (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 820 5G 8C 8T @ 2.36 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8257U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	667 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G	Intel Core i5-8257U
Huawei Honor 30S Huawei P40 Lite 5G	Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2019)


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HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Intel Core i5-8257U

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details