HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y

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HiSilicon Kirin 960S CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y - 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 6336Y has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y was released in Q2/2021.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21)
5 Generation 3
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Ice Lake
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 Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y is at 2.40 GHz (3.60 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
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 2.40 GHz (3.60 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 Xeon Gold 6336Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y 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 Xeon Gold 6336Y supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 204.8 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
LPDDR4-1600 Memory DDR4-3200
6 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 36.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 64
-- PCIe Bandwidth 126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y has a TDP of 185 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 185 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 Xeon Gold 6336Y is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 36.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
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, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 4189
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price 1977 $
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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 Xeon Gold 6336Y Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
1306 (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 Xeon Gold 6336Y Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
21549 (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 Xeon Gold 6336Y Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
1439 (100%)

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 Xeon Gold 6336Y Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Xeon Gold 6336Y Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
45529 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y
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