HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs AMD Opteron X3418

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HiSilicon Kirin 930 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Opteron X3418
HiSilicon Kirin 930 AMD Opteron X3418

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 930 or AMD Opteron X3418 - 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 Opteron X3418 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Opteron X3418 was released in Q2/2015.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD Opteron (4)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group AMD Opteron X3000 (3)
3 Generation 0
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Toronto (Excavator)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Opteron X3418 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Opteron X3418 is at 2.80 GHz (3.20 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD Opteron X3418
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.80 GHz (3.20 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 Opteron X3418
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 or AMD Opteron X3418 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 R7 - 384 (Toronto)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 0
32nm Technology
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 6
64 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
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 R7 - 384 (Toronto)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
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 No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD Opteron X3418 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD Opteron X3418
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- 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 Opteron X3418 has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD Opteron X3418
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 35 W
-- TDP down 12 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Opteron X3418 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic AMD Opteron X3418
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, AVX2
-- Socket FP4
None Virtualization AMD-V, AMD-Vt
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2015
-- 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 (13%)
AMD Opteron X3418 AMD Opteron X3418
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Toronto) @ 0.80 GHz
610 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 930 AMD Opteron X3418
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