HiSilicon Kirin 928 vs AMD 3015Ce

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HiSilicon Kirin 928 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD 3015Ce
HiSilicon Kirin 928 AMD 3015Ce

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 928 or AMD 3015Ce - 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 AMD 3015Ce has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD 3015Ce was released in Q2/2021.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD E (23)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group AMD 3000e/Ce (3)
2 Generation 4
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Dali (Zen)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 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 AMD 3015Ce has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD 3015Ce is at 1.20 GHz (2.30 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD 3015Ce
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 1.20 GHz (2.30 GHz)
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 928 Characteristic AMD 3015Ce
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 or AMD 3015Ce 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.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 8
32nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 3
64 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 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 AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
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 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD 3015Ce supports up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD 3015Ce
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --, while the AMD 3015Ce has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD 3015Ce
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD 3015Ce is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD 3015Ce
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FT5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2021
-- 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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (33%)
AMD 3015Ce AMD 3015Ce
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 0.60 GHz
230 (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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD 3015Ce AMD 3015Ce
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
544 (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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD 3015Ce AMD 3015Ce
2C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
1096 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 928 AMD 3015Ce
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