HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s

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HiSilicon Kirin 9000E CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s - 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 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.66 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s was released in Q2/2009.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core2 Quad (19)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 (2) CPU group Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
9 Generation 2
Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Yorkfield (Penryn)
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 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s is at 2.66 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.13 GHz
1x Cortex-A77
A-Core 2.66 GHz
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 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s 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 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 17.1 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
LPDDR5-2750, LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR2-800
Max. Memory 16 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is --, while the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is manufactured in 5 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
5 nm Technology 45 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
-- Socket LGA 775
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-d
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2009
-- Release price --
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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%)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
4C 4T @ 2.66 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%)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
4C 4T @ 2.66 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%)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
@ 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%)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400s
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