HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 955 or Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 - 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 Xeon E7-8880 v2 has 15 cores with 30 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 was released in Q1/2014. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Xeon E7 (20) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2) | CPU group | Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20) |
| 4 | Generation | 4 |
| Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Ivy Bridge EX |
| 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 Xeon E7-8880 v2 has 15 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 |
| 8 | Cores | 15 |
| 8 | Threads | 30 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.50 GHz 4x Cortex-A72 |
A-Core | 2.50 GHz (3.10 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 | no iGPU |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 4 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 16 nm | Technology | |
| 2 | Max. displays | |
| 4 | Compute units | -- |
| 64 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 11 | DirectX Version | -- |
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 | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode | 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 |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 955 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 can connect up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 |
| LPDDR4, LPDDR3 | Memory | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory | 1536 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| -- | L3 Cache | 38.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
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 Xeon E7-8880 v2 is 130 W. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 130 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 955 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 cache has a total of 38.00 MB. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 |
| 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 2011 |
| None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q2/2016 | Release date | Q1/2014 |
| -- | Release price | 4200 $ |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
@ 0.00 GHz |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 955 | Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 |
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