HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Last updated: 2024-03-04

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 960S		Intel Core i5-8500T
CPU comparison HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core i5-8500T - 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 i5-8500T has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500T was released in Q2/2018.

HiSilicon Kirin (29)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
5	Generation	8
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Coffee Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-7500T
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-9500T

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 i5-8500T has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-8500T is at 2.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 960S	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8500T
8	Cores	6
8	Threads	6
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.11 GHz 4x Cortex-A73	A-Core	2.10 GHz (3.50 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	Intel Core i5-8500T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Core i5-8500T 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 630
0.90 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
Bifrost 1	GPU Generation	9.5
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
8	Compute units	24
256	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 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	Intel UHD Graphics 630
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 Intel Core i5-8500T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8500T
LPDDR4-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
6 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	9.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the Intel Core i5-8500T has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8500T
5 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	95 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-8500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 9.00 MB cache.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-8500T
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
--	Socket	LGA 1151-2
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	Q2/2018
--	Release price	275 $

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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 ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz	245 (55%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (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 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	924 (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 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	3877 (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 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	1167 (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 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	3974 (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 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	7749 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	HiSilicon Kirin 960S 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 2.10 GHz	2103 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	HiSilicon Kirin 960S 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	148 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	HiSilicon Kirin 960S 8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	751 (100%)

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