HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs AMD EPYC 9684X
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | AMD EPYC 9684X | |
CPU comparisonIn this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 960 and the AMD EPYC 9684X 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 EPYC 9684X which has 96 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2023. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | AMD EPYC (129) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) | CPU group | AMD EPYC 9004 (21) |
| 5 | Generation | 4 |
| Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | 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 EPYC 9684X clocks with 2.55 GHz (3.70 GHz), has 96 CPU cores and can calculate 192 threads in parallel. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9684X |
| 8 | Cores | 96 |
| 8 | Threads | 192 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.55 GHz (3.70 GHz) 96x Zen 4 |
| 1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsGraphics (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 | no iGPU |
| 0.90 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Bifrost 1 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 16 nm | Technology | |
| 2 | Max. displays | |
| 8 | Compute units | -- |
| 256 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 2 GB | 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-G71 MP8 | 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 |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeUp to 6 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 960, while the AMD EPYC 9684X supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 460.8 GB/s enabled. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9684X |
| LPDDR4-1600 | Memory | DDR5-4800 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 6144 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 12 |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 460.8 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 1,152.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 5.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 128 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe HiSilicon Kirin 960 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP of the AMD EPYC 9684X is 400 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 EPYC 9684X |
| 5 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 400 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | 320 W |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 16 nm. The cache of AMD EPYC 9684X is at 1,152.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 9684X |
| 16 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI |
| -- | Socket | SP5 |
| None | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 |
| Q4/2016 | Release date | Q2/2023 |
| -- | Release price | 14756 $ |
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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 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9684X
96C 192T @ 3.70 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 EPYC 9684X
96C 192T @ 3.42 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 EPYC 9684X
96C 192T @ 3.70 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 EPYC 9684X
96C 192T @ 3.42 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 EPYC 9684X
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960 | AMD EPYC 9684X |
| 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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