HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Intel Core i5-3475S

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HiSilicon Kirin 955 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-3475S
HiSilicon Kirin 955 Intel Core i5-3475S

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 955 or Intel Core i5-3475S - 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 Intel Core i5-3475S has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3475S was released in Q2/2012.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 3000 (31)
4 Generation 3
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Ivy Bridge S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Intel Core i5-3475S has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3475S
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
A-Core 2.90 GHz (3.60 GHz)
1.80 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 955 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3475S
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 7
16 nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 16
64 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.0

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 Intel HD Graphics 4000
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode 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 Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-3475S can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3475S
LPDDR4, LPDDR3 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

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 Intel Core i5-3475S is 65 W.

HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3475S
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-3475S cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 955 Characteristic Intel Core i5-3475S
16 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket LGA 1155
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 955 (43%)
Intel Core i5-3475S (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
HiSilicon Kirin 955 (40%)
Intel Core i5-3475S (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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
330 (43%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
772 (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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
989 (40%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2488 (100%)

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 (43%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282 (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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
705 (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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1932 (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 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-3475S Intel Core i5-3475S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
4372 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 955 Intel Core i5-3475S
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