HiSilicon Kirin 925 vs Apple A6X

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HiSilicon Kirin 925 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A6X
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Apple A6X

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 925 or Apple A6X - 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 925 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 was released in Q3/2014.

The Apple A6X has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Apple A6X was released in Q3/2012.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Apple A series (22)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Apple A6/A6X (2)
2 Generation 6
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture A6
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A5X
-- Successor Apple A8X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The Apple A6X has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Apple A6X
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A15		 A-Core 1.40 GHz
2x Swift
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7		 B-Core --

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 925 Characteristic Apple A6X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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-T628 MP4 GPU PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation --
32nm Technology 32 nm
1 Max. displays 1
4 Compute units 16
64 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 10

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 PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores)
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

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A6X can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Apple A6X
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR2-1066
Max. Memory 1 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a TDP of --, that of the Apple A6X is --.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Apple A6X
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Apple A6X cache has a total of 1.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Apple A6X
28 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems iOS
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2012
-- 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 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
Apple A6X Apple A6X
PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores) @ 0.30 GHz
77 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Apple A6X
Unknown Apple iPad (4. Gen)

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