HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs AMD A6-9220C

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HiSilicon Kirin 930 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A6-9220C
HiSilicon Kirin 930 AMD A6-9220C

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 930 or AMD A6-9220C - 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 930 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 930 was released in Q1/2015.

The AMD A6-9220C has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD A6-9220C was released in Q1/2019.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD A (112)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group AMD A6-9000 (4)
3 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is 2.00 GHz while the AMD A6-9220C has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-9220C is at 1.80 GHz (2.70 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD A6-9220C
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.80 GHz (2.70 GHz)
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
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 930 Characteristic AMD A6-9220C
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 or AMD A6-9220C 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 R5 (Stoney Ridge)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 7
32nm Technology 28 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 R5 (Stoney Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD A6-9220C supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 15.0 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD A6-9220C
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-1866
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 15.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is --, while the AMD A6-9220C has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD A6-9220C
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD A6-9220C is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD A6-9220C
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
-- Socket FP4
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2019
-- 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 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (28%)
AMD A6-9220C AMD A6-9220C
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
276 (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 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A6-9220C AMD A6-9220C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1960 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 930 AMD A6-9220C
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