HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs AMD GX-217GI

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HiSilicon Kirin 935 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD GX-217GI
HiSilicon Kirin 935 AMD GX-217GI

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 935 or AMD GX-217GI - 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 935 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 935 was released in Q1/2015.

The AMD GX-217GI has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD GX-217GI was released in Q2/2016.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD G (38)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group AMD G-Series 3rd Gen (5)
3 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Prairie Falcon Excavator+
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 935 is 2.20 GHz while the AMD GX-217GI has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD GX-217GI is at 1.70 GHz (2.00 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53		 A-Core 1.70 GHz (2.00 GHz)
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53		 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 935 Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 or AMD GX-217GI 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 R6E
0.68 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.68 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.76 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 0
32nm Technology 28 nm
1 Max. displays 2
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 R6E
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 935 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD GX-217GI supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-1600, DDR3-1600
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 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 935 is --, while the AMD GX-217GI has a TDP of 12 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 12 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 15 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD GX-217GI is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.
HiSilicon Kirin 935 Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
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 Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2016
-- 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 935 HiSilicon Kirin 935
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.68 GHz
87 (15%)
AMD GX-217GI AMD GX-217GI
AMD Radeon R6E @ 0.76 GHz
582 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 935 AMD GX-217GI
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