HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 - 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 Platinum 8470 has 52 cores with 104 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 was released in Q1/2023. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Xeon Platinum (89) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) | CPU group | Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 (18) |
| 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 Platinum 8470 has 52 CPU cores and 104 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 is at 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz). |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 |
| 8 | Cores | 52 |
| 8 | Threads | 104 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.11 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz) |
| 1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 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 Platinum 8470 supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 307.2 GB/s. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 |
| LPDDR4-1600 | Memory | DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 |
| 6 GB | Max. Memory | 4096 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 8 (Octa Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 307.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 105.00 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 Platinum 8470 has a TDP of 350 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 Platinum 8470 |
| 5 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 350 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 Platinum 8470 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 105.00 MB cache. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 |
| 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 | 9359 $ |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
@ 0.00 GHz |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 960S | Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 |
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