HiSilicon Kirin 920 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M

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HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 920 and the Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M 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 Xeon Platinum 8276M which has 28 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2019.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Xeon Platinum 8276M clocks with 2.20 GHz (4.00 GHz), has 28 CPU cores and can calculate 56 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
8 Cores 28
8 Threads 56
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 2.20 GHz (4.00 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 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
-- 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 no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation --
32nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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-T628 MP4 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 920, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 140.7 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 38.50 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M is 165 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 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 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M is at 38.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
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, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2019
-- Release price --
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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 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
378 (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 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 920 Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
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