HiSilicon Kirin 910T vs Intel Core i7-5600U

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HiSilicon Kirin 910T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-5600U
HiSilicon Kirin 910T Intel Core i7-5600U

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 910T or Intel Core i7-5600U - 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 910T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 910T was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Core i7-5600U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-5600U was released in Q1/2015.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 5000U (16)
1 Generation 5
Cortex-A9 Architecture Broadwell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i7-6600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 910T is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The Intel Core i7-5600U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.20 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-5600U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.10 GHz

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 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-5600U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.70 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 8
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 16 GB
0 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-450 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 5500
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 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 910T supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-5600U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-5600U
LPDDR3 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single 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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 910T has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i7-5600U is 15 W.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-5600U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 910T has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-5600U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-5600U
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 BGA 1168
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q1/2015
-- 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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.70 GHz
42 (12%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.95 GHz
365 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
699 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1796 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1009 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2004 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
305 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
632 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3008 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
912 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
131 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-5600U Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
329 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Intel Core i7-5600U
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