HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 9000E CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-5500U
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Intel Core i7-5500U

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or Intel Core i7-5500U - 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 i7-5500U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-5500U was released in Q1/2015.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 5000U (16)
9 Generation 5
Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Broadwell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-4500U
-- Successor Intel Core i7-6500U

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 i7-5500U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-5500U is at 2.40 GHz (3.00 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core i7-5500U
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.13 GHz
1x Cortex-A77
A-Core 2.40 GHz (3.00 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 i7-5500U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 9000E or Intel Core i7-5500U 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 Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.76 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
Vallhall 2 GPU Generation 8
5 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
22 Compute units 24
352 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 16 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

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 Intel HD Graphics 5500
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

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 i7-5500U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core i7-5500U
LPDDR5-2750, LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is --, while the Intel Core i7-5500U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core i7-5500U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 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 i7-5500U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Characteristic Intel Core i7-5500U
5 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 1168
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2015
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the HiSilicon Kirin 9000E to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i7-5500U to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 4.0 stars (3 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E (100%)
Intel Core i7-5500U (64%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E (100%)
Intel Core i7-5500U (46%)

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 i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
681 (64%)

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 i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1737 (46%)

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 i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.95 GHz
365 (17%)

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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
956 (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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1933 (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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
632768 (100%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2762 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
860 (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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
123 (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 9000E HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
307 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E Intel Core i7-5500U
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i5-5200U Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i5-5200U
2. Intel Core i5-7200UIntel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i5-7200U vs Intel Core i7-5500U
3. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i7-4510U Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i7-4510U
4. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i7-6500U Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i7-6500U
5. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i5-8250U
6. Intel Core m7-6Y75Intel Core i7-5500U Intel Core m7-6Y75 vs Intel Core i7-5500U
7. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ
8. Intel Core i7-5500UIntel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core i7-7500U
9. Intel Core i3-5005UIntel Core i7-5500U Intel Core i3-5005U vs Intel Core i7-5500U
10. Intel Core i7-5500UAMD A10-7400P Intel Core i7-5500U vs AMD A10-7400P


back to index