HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Core2 Duo SL7100

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HiSilicon Kirin 960S CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Core2 Duo SL7100

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 - 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 Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 was released in Q1/2007.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Celeron (165)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) CPU group Intel Core 2 Duo L7000/SL7000/T5000/U7000 (18)
5 Generation 1
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Merom (Core)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- 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 Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 is at 1.20 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
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
1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 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 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 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 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 & 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 Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
LPDDR4-1600 Memory
6 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 is manufactured in 65 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
16 nm Technology 65 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
-- Socket BGA 956
None Virtualization VT-x
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2007
-- 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 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo SL7100 Intel Core2 Duo SL7100
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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