HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 960S CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-13600HX
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Core i5-13600HX

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core i5-13600HX - 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 Core i5-13600HX has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13600HX was released in Q1/2023.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 13000H (26)
5 Generation 13
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Raptor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i5-12600HX
-- 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 Core i5-13600HX has 14 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-13600HX is at 2.60 GHz (4.80 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core i5-13600HX
8 Cores 14
8 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
A-Core 2.60 GHz (4.80 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core 1.90 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont

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 Intel Core i5-13600HX
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core i5-13600HX 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 Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.50 GHz
Bifrost 1 GPU Generation 13
16 nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 32
256 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 DirectX Version 12.1

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 Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
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 & 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 Core i5-13600HX supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 76.8 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core i5-13600HX
LPDDR4-1600 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
6 GB Max. Memory 192 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the Intel Core i5-13600HX has a TDP of 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core i5-13600HX
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 55 W
-- TDP (PL2) 157 W
-- TDP up 86 W
-- TDP down 45 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-13600HX is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 24.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Core i5-13600HX
16 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
-- Socket BGA 1744
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 284 $
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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 (32%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
768 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1822 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
13816 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
2404 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
13150 (100%)

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-13600HX Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
29700 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Core i5-13600HX
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