HiSilicon Kirin 928 vs Intel Core i5-4690T

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 928 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-4690T
HiSilicon Kirin 928 Intel Core i5-4690T

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Core i5-4690T - 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 Core i5-4690T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4690T was released in Q2/2014.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Core i 4000 (64)
2 Generation 4
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Haswell S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Intel Core i5-4690T has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4690T is at 2.50 GHz (3.50 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690T
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 2.50 GHz (3.50 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 Intel Core i5-4690T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Core i5-4690T 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 Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 7.5
32nm Technology 22 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 20
64 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.1

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 HD Graphics 4600
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 Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i5-4690T supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690T
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --, while the Intel Core i5-4690T has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 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 Intel Core i5-4690T is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4690T
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1150
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2014
-- Release price 185 $
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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 (20%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
823 (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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2560 (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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1039 (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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2867 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. 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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
320 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. 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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1111 (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 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
4665 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. 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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
136 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. 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%)
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
433 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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