HiSilicon Kirin 920 vs AMD G-T40R

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD G-T40R
HiSilicon Kirin 920 AMD G-T40R

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 and the AMD G-T40R and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 8 core processor released in Q3/2014 with the AMD G-T40R which has 1 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2011.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD G (38)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group AMD G (13)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Ontario (Bobcat)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD G-T40R clocks with 1.00 GHz, has 1 CPU cores and can calculate 1 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic AMD G-T40R
8 Cores 1
8 Threads 1
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 1.00 GHz
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
B-Core --

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 920 Characteristic AMD G-T40R
-- 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-T628 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon HD 6250
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.28 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 3
32nm Technology 40 nm
1 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 1
64 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 1 GB
11 DirectX Version 11

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-T628 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon HD 6250
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 920, while the AMD G-T40R supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 8.5 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic AMD G-T40R
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR3L-1066
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 8.5 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 1.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the AMD G-T40R is 5.5 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic AMD G-T40R
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of AMD G-T40R is at 1.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 40 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic AMD G-T40R
28 nm Technology 40 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE3, SSE4a
-- Socket --
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems
Q3/2014 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 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
AMD G-T40R AMD G-T40R
AMD Radeon HD 6250 @ 0.28 GHz
45 (59%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 920 AMD G-T40R
Unknown Unknown

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