HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Intel Pentium 987 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Pentium 987 - 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 928 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 928 was released in Q3/2014. The Intel Pentium 987 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 987 was released in Q3/2012. |
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HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Pentium (150) |
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) | CPU group | Intel Pentium 900 (10) |
2 | Generation | 3 |
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 | Architecture | Sandy Bridge U |
Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
-- | Predecessor | -- |
-- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 928 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Pentium 987 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 987 is at 1.50 GHz. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium 987 |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 2 |
hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
No | Hyperthreading | No |
No | Overclocking ? | No |
2.00 GHz 4x Cortex-A15 |
A-Core | 1.50 GHz |
1.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A7 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe HiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Pentium 987 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) |
0.60 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.35 GHz |
0.60 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 1.00 GHz |
Midgard 2 | GPU Generation | 6 |
32nm | Technology | 32 nm |
1 | Max. displays | 2 |
4 | Compute units | 6 |
64 | Shader | 48 |
No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
No | Frame Generation | No |
-- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
11 | DirectX Version | 10.1 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) |
No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
No | Codec VP9 | No |
Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
No | Codec AV1 | No |
No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
No | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 928 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Pentium 987 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium 987 |
LPDDR3-1600 | Memory | DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 |
Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
-- | Max. Bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s |
No | ECC | No |
-- | L2 Cache | -- |
-- | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
-- | PCIe version | 2.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 16 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --, while the Intel Pentium 987 has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium 987 |
-- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 17 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | -- |
-- | TDP down | -- |
-- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 928 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 987 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium 987 |
28 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
Chiplet | Chip design | Monolithic |
Armv7-A (32 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
-- | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
-- | Socket | BGA 1023 |
None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
No | AES-NI | Yes |
Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
Q3/2014 | Release date | Q3/2012 |
-- | Release price | -- |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 987
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 987
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 987
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 987
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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HiSilicon Kirin 928 | Intel Pentium 987 |
Unknown | Unknown |