HiSilicon Kirin 910T vs Intel Core i7-940

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HiSilicon Kirin 910T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-940
HiSilicon Kirin 910T Intel Core i7-940

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 910T or Intel Core i7-940 - 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 i7-940 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 24 GB of memory in 3 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-940 was released in Q4/2008.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2) CPU group Intel Core i7 900 (7)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A9 Architecture Bloomfield
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 i7-940 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.93 GHz (3.20 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-940
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz Frequency 2.93 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 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 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-940
-- 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 no iGPU
0.70 GHz GPU frequency --
0.70 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

The HiSilicon Kirin 910T supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-940 can connect up to 24 GB of memory in 3 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-940
LPDDR3 Memory DDR3-1066
Max. Memory 24 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 3
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

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 i7-940 is 130 W.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-940
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 130 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 i7-940 cache has a total of 9.00 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Characteristic Intel Core i7-940
28 nm Technology 45 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket LGA 1366
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q4/2008
-- Release price 305 $
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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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
537 (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 i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
2253 (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 i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
568 (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 i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
1890 (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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.70 GHz
42 (100%)
Intel Core i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
@ 0.00 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 910T HiSilicon Kirin 910T
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
2989 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 910T Intel Core i7-940
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