HiSilicon Kirin 928 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8580

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HiSilicon Kirin 928 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
HiSilicon Kirin 928 Intel Xeon Platinum 8580

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 - 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 Xeon Platinum 8580 has 60 cores with 120 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 was released in Q4/2023.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8500 (12)
2 Generation 5
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Emerald Rapids
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 Xeon Platinum 8580 has 60 CPU cores and 120 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 is at 2.00 GHz (4.00 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
8 Cores 60
8 Threads 120
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 2.00 GHz (4.00 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 Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 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 no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation --
32nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 358.4 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR5-5600
Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 358.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 300.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 80
-- PCIe Bandwidth 315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 350 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 Xeon Platinum 8580 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 300.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 928 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
28 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions AMX, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 4677
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price 10710 $
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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%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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