HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G

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HiSilicon Kirin 960S CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
HiSilicon Kirin 960S AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 960S or AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G - 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 960S has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.11 GHz. Up to 6 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S was released in Q4/2016.

The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G was released in Q1/2020.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD Ryzen Embedded R (9)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) CPU group AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 (5)
5 Generation 1
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Banded Kestrel (Zen)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 2.11 GHz while the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G is at 1.20 GHz (2.60 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
A-Core 1.20 GHz (2.60 GHz)
1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Bifrost 1 GPU Generation 8
16 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 3
256 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

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-G71 MP8 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
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
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S can use up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
LPDDR4-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
6 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
16 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FP5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price --
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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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz
245 (64%)
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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