HiSilicon Kirin 925 vs Intel Core i3-12300T

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HiSilicon Kirin 925 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-12300T
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Intel Core i3-12300T

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 925 or Intel Core i3-12300T - 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 Intel Core i3-12300T has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-12300T was released in Q1/2022.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 12000 (34)
2 Generation 12
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Alder Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The Intel Core i3-12300T has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (4.20 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Intel Core i3-12300T
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A15		 A-Core 2.30 GHz (4.20 GHz)
4x Golden Cove
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 925 Characteristic Intel Core i3-12300T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 Intel UHD Graphics 730
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 12
32nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 24
64 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 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 730
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 / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-12300T can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Intel Core i3-12300T
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 5.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 12.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

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 Intel Core i3-12300T is 35 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Intel Core i3-12300T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) 69 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-12300T cache has a total of 17.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Intel Core i3-12300T
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 LGA 1700
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 Q1/2022
-- Release price 143 $
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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 (14%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.45 GHz
557 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1686 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
6120 (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 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
2119 (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 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
7086 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-12300T Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
13678 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Intel Core i3-12300T
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