HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs AMD EPYC 9124

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HiSilicon Kirin 9000E CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9124
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E AMD EPYC 9124

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or AMD EPYC 9124 - 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 9000E has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.13 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E was released in Q4/2020.

The AMD EPYC 9124 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9124 was released in Q4/2022.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD EPYC (129)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 (2) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
9 Generation 4
Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is 3.13 GHz while the AMD EPYC 9124 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9124 is at 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic AMD EPYC 9124
8 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.13 GHz
1x Cortex-A77
A-Core 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz)
16x Zen 4
2.54 GHz
3x Cortex-A77
B-Core --
2.05 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
C-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 9000E Characteristic AMD EPYC 9124
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or AMD EPYC 9124 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.

ARM Mali-G78 MP22 GPU no iGPU
0.76 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 2 GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
22 Compute units --
352 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
12 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-G78 MP22 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E can use up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD EPYC 9124 supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 460.8 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic AMD EPYC 9124
LPDDR5-2750, LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR5-4800
Max. Memory 6144 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 12
-- Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 64.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 128
-- PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is --, while the AMD EPYC 9124 has a TDP of 200 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic AMD EPYC 9124
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 200 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 240 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is manufactured in 5 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9124 is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 80.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic AMD EPYC 9124
5 nm Technology 5 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
-- Socket SP5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2022
-- Release price 1083 $
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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.
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
1063 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.70 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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
3767 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
ARM Mali-G78 MP22 @ 0.76 GHz
2137 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
632768 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E AMD EPYC 9124
Unknown Unknown

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