HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 955 or Intel Pentium Gold G6505 - 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 Pentium Gold G6505 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6505 was released in Q1/2021. |
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HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Pentium (150) |
HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2) | CPU group | Intel Pentium G6000 (12) |
4 | Generation | 10 |
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Comet Lake S |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
-- | Predecessor | -- |
-- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 955 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz. The Intel Pentium Gold G6505 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.20 GHz. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 |
8 | Cores | 2 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
No | Overclocking ? | No |
2.50 GHz 4x Cortex-A72 |
A-Core | 4.20 GHz |
1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
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. |
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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 | GPU | Intel HD Graphics 630 |
0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.35 GHz |
0.90 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 1.10 GHz |
Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | 9.5 |
16 nm | Technology | 14 nm |
2 | Max. displays | 3 |
4 | Compute units | 24 |
64 | Shader | 192 |
No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
No | Frame Generation | No |
-- | Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB |
11 | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 | GPU | Intel HD Graphics 630 |
Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
Decode | 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 |
Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 955 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6505 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 |
LPDDR4, LPDDR3 | Memory | DDR4-2666 |
Max. Memory | 128 GB | |
2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
-- | Max. Bandwidth | 42.7 GB/s |
No | ECC | Yes |
-- | L2 Cache | -- |
-- | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
-- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 16 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Pentium Gold G6505 is 58 W. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 |
-- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 58 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | -- |
-- | TDP down | -- |
-- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6505 cache has a total of 4.00 MB. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 |
16 nm | Technology | 14 nm |
Chiplet | Chip design | Monolithic |
Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
-- | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
-- | Socket | LGA 1200 |
None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
No | AES-NI | Yes |
Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
Q2/2016 | Release date | Q1/2021 |
-- | Release price | 90 $ |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 |
Unknown | Unknown |