HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Last updated: 2023-09-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 970		Intel Core i5-5200U
CPU comparison HiSilicon Kirin 970 or Intel Core i5-5200U - 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 Intel Core i5-5200U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5200U was released in Q1/2015.

HiSilicon Kirin (29)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1)	CPU group	Intel Core i 5000U (16)
6	Generation	5
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Broadwell U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-4200U
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-6200U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The HiSilicon Kirin 970 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. The Intel Core i5-5200U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (2.70 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 970	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-5200U
8	Cores	2
8	Threads	4
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73	A-Core	2.20 GHz (2.70 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 970	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-5200U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The 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.
ARM Mali-G72 MP12	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5500
0.75 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.90 GHz
Bifrost 2	GPU Generation	8
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	3
12	Compute units	24
192	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.2

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-G72 MP12	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5500
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The HiSilicon Kirin 970 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5200U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 970	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-5200U
LPDDR4X-2133	Memory	DDR3-1600
8 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The 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 Intel Core i5-5200U is 15 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 970	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-5200U
9 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	7.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-5200U cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 970	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-5200U
10 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	BGA 1168
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017	Release date	Q1/2015
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

HiSilicon Kirin 970 (52%)

Intel Core i5-5200U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

HiSilicon Kirin 970 (100%)

Intel Core i5-5200U (99%)

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 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	349 (52%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	671 (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 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1455 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1438 (99%)

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 970 ARM Mali-G72 MP12 @ 0.75 GHz	330 (95%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz	346 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	39 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	88 (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 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	845 (100%)

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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1770 (100%)

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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	248 (100%)

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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	584 (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 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2509 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	249 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	743 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	110 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 970 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	264 (100%)

Devices using this processor
HiSilicon Kirin 970	Intel Core i5-5200U
Huawei Honor 10 Huawei Note 10 Huawei Play Huawei Honor View 10 Huawei Mate 10 Pro Huawei P20 Huawei Nova 3 Huawei Nova 4	Unknown

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