HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs AMD EPYC 7742
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | AMD EPYC 7742 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 970 or AMD EPYC 7742 - 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 970 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 was released in Q3/2017. The AMD EPYC 7742 has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7742 was released in Q3/2019. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | AMD EPYC (129) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1) | CPU group | AMD EPYC 7002 (24) |
| 6 | Generation | 2 |
| Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Rome (Zen 2) |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. The AMD EPYC 7742 has 64 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.25 GHz (3.40 GHz). |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 7742 |
| 8 | Cores | 64 |
| 8 | Threads | 128 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.25 GHz (3.40 GHz) |
| 1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| ARM Mali-G72 MP12 | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.75 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Bifrost 2 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 16 nm | Technology | |
| 1 | Max. displays | |
| 12 | Compute units | -- |
| 192 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 2 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 12 | 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-G72 MP12 | GPU | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7742 can connect up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 7742 |
| LPDDR4X-2133 | Memory | DDR4-3200 |
| 8 GB | Max. Memory | |
| 4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 8 (Octa Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 256.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 4.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 128 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 252.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a TDP of 9 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7742 is 225 W. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 7742 |
| 9 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 225 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7742 cache has a total of 256.00 MB. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | AMD EPYC 7742 |
| 10 nm | Technology | 7 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| -- | Socket | SP3 |
| None | Virtualization | AMD-V, SVM |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q3/2017 | Release date | Q3/2019 |
| -- | Release price | 9000 $ |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 2.80 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 3.40 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 2.80 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
ARM Mali-G72 MP12 @ 0.75 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
@ 0.00 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | AMD EPYC 7742 |
| Huawei Honor 10 Huawei Note 10 Huawei Play Huawei Honor View 10 Huawei Mate 10 Pro Huawei P20 Huawei Nova 3 Huawei Nova 4 |
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