HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs AMD A4-1350

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HiSilicon Kirin 955 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A4-1350
HiSilicon Kirin 955 AMD A4-1350

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 955 or AMD A4-1350 - 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 955 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 was released in Q2/2016.

The AMD A4-1350 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-1350 was released in Q4/2013.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD A (112)
HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2) CPU group AMD A4-1000 (3)
4 Generation 7
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Temash (Jaguar)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz. The AMD A4-1350 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz.
HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic AMD A4-1350
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A72		 A-Core 1.00 GHz
1.80 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 955 Characteristic AMD A4-1350
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8210
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 5
16 nm Technology 28 nm
2 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 2
64 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.1

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-T880 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8210
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-1350 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic AMD A4-1350
LPDDR4, LPDDR3 Memory DDR3L-1066
Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD A4-1350 is 8 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic AMD A4-1350
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 8 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD A4-1350 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic AMD A4-1350
16 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 FT3
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2013
-- 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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122 (100%)
AMD A4-1350 AMD A4-1350
AMD Radeon HD 8210 @ 0.30 GHz
77 (63%)

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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
330 (100%)
AMD A4-1350 AMD A4-1350
4C 4T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
989 (100%)
AMD A4-1350 AMD A4-1350
4C 4T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 955 AMD A4-1350
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