HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonIn this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 960 and the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.
We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 960 8 core processor released in Q4/2016 with the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2022. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | AMD Athlon (29) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) | CPU group | AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) |
| 5 | Generation | 5 |
| Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Mendocino (Zen2) |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 960 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U clocks with 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 8 | Threads | 2 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz) |
| 1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback. |
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| ARM Mali-G71 MP8 | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.40 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 1.90 GHz |
| Bifrost 1 | GPU Generation | 9 |
| 16 nm | Technology | 6 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 3 |
| 8 | Compute units | 2 |
| 256 | Shader | 128 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | Yes |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 2 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 8 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-G71 MP8 | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| 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 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeUp to 6 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 960, while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 44.0 GB/s enabled. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U |
| LPDDR4-1600 | Memory | LPDDR5-5500 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 44.0 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 4 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 3.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe HiSilicon Kirin 960 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U |
| 5 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 95 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is at 3.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 6 nm. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U |
| 16 nm | Technology | 6 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Unknown |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| -- | Socket | FT6 |
| None | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux |
| Q4/2016 | Release date | Q3/2022 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
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 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 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 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 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 960
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U |
| Huawei Honor 8 Pro Huawei Honor 9 Huawei Mate 9 Huawei Mate 9 Pro Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Huawei MediaPad M5 Huawei Nova 2s Huawei P10 |
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