HiSilicon Kirin 920 vs Intel Core i9-13905H

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HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-13905H
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Core i9-13905H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 and the Intel Core i9-13905H 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 i9-13905H which has 14 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 13000H (26)
2 Generation 13
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Raptor Lake H
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 i9-13905H clocks with 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz), has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
8 Cores 14
8 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15		 A-Core 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7		 B-Core 1.90 GHz (4.10 GHz)
8x Gracemont

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 920 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
-- 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-T628 MP4 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.50 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 13
32nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 4
4 Compute units 96
64 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11 DirectX Version 12.1

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 Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
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 / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
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 i9-13905H supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s enabled.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-13905H is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 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 i9-13905H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
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, AVX2+
-- Socket BGA 1744
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 Q1/2023
-- Release price 700 $
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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 (3%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230 (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 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
2528 (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 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
13634 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Core i9-13905H
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