HiSilicon Kirin 910 vs Intel Core i5-2500S

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 910 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-2500S
HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Core i5-2500S

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 and the Intel Core i5-2500S and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 4 core processor released in Q1/2014 with the Intel Core i5-2500S which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2011.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 2000 (28)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Sandy Bridge S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-2500S clocks with 2.70 GHz (3.70 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i5-2500S
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 910 Characteristic Intel Core i5-2500S
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 6
28nm Technology 32 nm
1 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 6
64 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
0 DirectX Version 10.1

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-450 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 910, while the Intel Core i5-2500S supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 21.3 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i5-2500S
LPDDR3 Memory DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-2500S is 65 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i5-2500S
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-2500S is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i5-2500S
28 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket LGA 1155
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q1/2011
-- 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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (30%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz
106 (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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
737 (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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1965 (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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
633 (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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1679 (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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-2500S Intel Core i5-2500S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3371 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Core i5-2500S
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