HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Intel Xeon Gold 5412U | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - 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 Xeon Gold 5412U has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5412U was released in Q1/2023. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Xeon Gold (163) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) | CPU group | Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 (25) |
| 5 | Generation | 4 |
| Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Sapphire Rapids |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe 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 Xeon Gold 5412U has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5412U is at 2.10 GHz (3.90 GHz). |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5412U |
| 8 | Cores | 24 |
| 8 | Threads | 48 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.11 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.10 GHz (3.90 GHz) |
| 1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Gold 5412U 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. |
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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 & PCIeThe 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 Xeon Gold 5412U supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 281.6 GB/s. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5412U |
| LPDDR4-1600 | Memory | DDR5-4400 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 4096 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 8 (Octa Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 281.6 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 45.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 5.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 80 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 315.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5412U has a TDP of 185 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5412U |
| 5 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 185 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 5412U is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 45.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5412U |
| 16 nm | Technology | 10 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 |
| -- | Socket | LGA 4677 |
| None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows, Linux |
| Q4/2016 | Release date | Q1/2023 |
| -- | Release price | 1113 $ |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
@ 0.00 GHz |
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