HiSilicon Kirin 910 vs Intel Core i9-10900E

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HiSilicon Kirin 910 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-10900E
HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Core i9-10900E

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 and the Intel Core i9-10900E 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 i9-10900E which has 10 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 10000 (43)
1 Generation 10
Cortex-A9 Architecture Comet Lake 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 i9-10900E clocks with 2.80 GHz (4.70 GHz), has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10900E
4 Cores 10
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 910 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10900E
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 UHD Graphics 630
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 9.5
28nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 24
64 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
0 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-450 MP4 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

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 i9-10900E supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 46.9 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10900E
LPDDR3 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 20.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-10900E 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 i9-10900E
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-10900E is at 20.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Core i9-10900E
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 444 $
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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 (7%)
Intel Core i9-10900E Intel Core i9-10900E
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (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 i9-10900E Intel Core i9-10900E
10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1143 (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 i9-10900E Intel Core i9-10900E
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
9229 (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 i9-10900E Intel Core i9-10900E
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
19710 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Core i9-10900E
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