HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 935		AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU comparison HiSilicon Kirin 935 or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX - 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 Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX was released in Q2/2021.

HiSilicon Kirin (29)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
3	Generation	4
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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 Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is at 3.30 GHz (4.80 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 935	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8	Cores	8
8	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.20 GHz 4x Cortex-A53	A-Core	3.30 GHz (4.80 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 Ryzen 9 5980HX
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The HiSilicon Kirin 935 or AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 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 RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.68 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
0.68 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.90 GHz
Midgard 2	GPU Generation	9
32nm	Technology	7 nm
1	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	8
64	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 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 RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The HiSilicon Kirin 935 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
HiSilicon Kirin 935	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
LPDDR3-1600	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 935 is --, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
HiSilicon Kirin 935	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	90 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The HiSilicon Kirin 935 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.
HiSilicon Kirin 935	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP6
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2015	Release date	Q2/2021
--	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 ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.68 GHz	87 (4%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz	1946 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1524 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	13460 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1614 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	9265 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	2023 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	7845 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	604 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	4560 (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 935 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	23840 (100%)

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