HiSilicon Kirin 960S vs Intel Xeon W-1250P

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HiSilicon Kirin 960S CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-1250P
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Xeon W-1250P

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon W-1250P - 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 W-1250P has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-1250P was released in Q2/2020.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon W-1200 (13)
5 Generation 10
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Comet Lake W
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 W-1250P has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon W-1250P is at 4.10 GHz (4.80 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon W-1250P
8 Cores 6
8 Threads 12
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73		 A-Core 4.10 GHz (4.80 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 W-1250P
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S or Intel Xeon W-1250P 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 P630
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.20 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 P630
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 Xeon W-1250P 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 Xeon W-1250P
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 Yes
-- L2 Cache 12.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
-- 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 Xeon W-1250P has a TDP of 125 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon W-1250P
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 95 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon W-1250P is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Characteristic Intel Xeon W-1250P
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 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 311 $
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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 (53%)
Intel Xeon W-1250P Intel Xeon W-1250P
Intel UHD Graphics P630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (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 Xeon W-1250P Intel Xeon W-1250P
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1379 (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 W-1250P Intel Xeon W-1250P
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
7069 (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 Xeon W-1250P Intel Xeon W-1250P
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
14467 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 960S Intel Xeon W-1250P
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