HiSilicon Kirin 920 vs Intel Core i3-1120G4

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HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-1120G4
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Core i3-1120G4

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 and the Intel Core i3-1120G4 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 8 core processor released in Q3/2014 with the Intel Core i3-1120G4 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2020.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 1100G/11000U (19)
2 Generation 11
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Tiger Lake U
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 Intel Core i3-1120G4 clocks with 2.50 GHz (3.90 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1120G4
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15		 A-Core 2.50 GHz (3.90 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 Intel Core i3-1120G4
-- 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 Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 11
32nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 4
4 Compute units 48
64 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11 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-T628 MP4 GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
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 Intel Core i3-1120G4 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 68.2 GB/s enabled.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1120G4
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i3-1120G4 is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1120G4
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 7 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core i3-1120G4 is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i3-1120G4
28 nm Technology 10 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 1526
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2020
-- Release price 309 $
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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 (9%)
Intel Core i3-1120G4 Intel Core i3-1120G4
Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) @ 1.10 GHz
845 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Core i3-1120G4
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