HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500

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HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Intel Pentium Gold 8500

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G or Intel Pentium Gold 8500 - 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 820E 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.22 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has 5 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 was released in Q1/2022.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Pentium (150)
HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 (3) CPU group Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2)
6 Generation 12
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Alder Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.22 GHz. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has 5 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
8 Cores 5
8 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.22 GHz
3x Cortex-A76
A-Core 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz)
1x Golden Cove
1.84 GHz
3x Cortex-A55
B-Core 0.70 GHz (3.30 GHz)
4x 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 820E 5G Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 AI hardware --
Da Vinci Architecture. Ascend D110 Lite AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
0.85 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation 12
7 nm Technology 10 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 64 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 UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
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
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G supports a maximum of GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
LPDDR4X-2133 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 3.25 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 14
-- PCIe Bandwidth 27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 is 9 W.

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) 29 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 cache has a total of 11.25 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
7 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
-- Socket BGA 1744
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
-- 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 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
ARM Mali-G57 MP6 @ 0.85 GHz
653 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 0.80 GHz
614 (94%)

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 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1527 (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 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
3417 (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 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
351366 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.00 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 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.22 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
7340 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Huawei Nova 7 SE
Huawei Nova 8
Unknown

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