HiSilicon Kirin 928 vs AMD G-T40N

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HiSilicon Kirin 928 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD G-T40N
HiSilicon Kirin 928 AMD G-T40N

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 928 or AMD G-T40N - 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 G-T40N has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD G-T40N was released in Q1/2011.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD G (38)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group AMD G (13)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Ontario (Bobcat)
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 G-T40N has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD G-T40N is at 1.00 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD G-T40N
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 1.00 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 928 Characteristic AMD G-T40N
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 or AMD G-T40N 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 HD 6250
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.28 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 3
32nm Technology 40 nm
1 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 1
64 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 1 GB
11 DirectX Version 11

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 HD 6250
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
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 G-T40N supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 8.5 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD G-T40N
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR3L-1066
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 8.5 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 1.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --, while the AMD G-T40N has a TDP of 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD G-T40N
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD G-T40N is manufactured in 40 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic AMD G-T40N
28 nm Technology 40 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE3, SSE4a
-- Socket --
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems
Q3/2014 Release date Q1/2011
-- 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 (100%)
AMD G-T40N AMD G-T40N
AMD Radeon HD 6250 @ 0.28 GHz
45 (59%)

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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD G-T40N AMD G-T40N
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
516 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 928 AMD G-T40N
Unknown Unknown

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