HiSilicon Kirin 910 vs Intel Xeon D-2161I

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HiSilicon Kirin 910 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon D-2161I
HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Xeon D-2161I

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 910 and the Intel Xeon D-2161I 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 Xeon D-2161I which has 12 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2018.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon D (79)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon D-2100 (13)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Skylake
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 Xeon D-2161I clocks with 2.20 GHz (3.00 GHz), has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-2161I
4 Cores 12
4 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 GHz

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 Xeon D-2161I
-- 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 no iGPU
0.53 GHz GPU frequency --
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 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-450 MP4 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
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 Xeon D-2161I supports a maximum of 512 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 68.2 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-2161I
LPDDR3 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 512 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.50 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 32
-- PCIe Bandwidth 31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon D-2161I is 90 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-2161I
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 90 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 Xeon D-2161I is at 16.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Characteristic Intel Xeon D-2161I
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, AVX-512
-- Socket BGA 2518
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q1/2018
-- Release price 1029 $
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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 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon D-2161I Intel Xeon D-2161I
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
850 (100%)

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 (100%)
Intel Xeon D-2161I Intel Xeon D-2161I
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910 Intel Xeon D-2161I
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