HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 970 or Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y - 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y was released in Q1/2019. |
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HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Pentium (150) |
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1) | CPU group | Intel Pentium 4400 (5) |
6 | Generation | 7 |
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Kaby Lake U |
Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
-- | 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 Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y |
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 | 1.70 GHz |
1.84 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
B-Core | -- |
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. |
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ARM Mali-G72 MP12 | GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 |
0.75 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz |
-- | GPU (Turbo) | 0.85 GHz |
Bifrost 2 | GPU Generation | 9.5 |
16 nm | Technology | 14nm |
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 | 12 |
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 | Intel HD Graphics 615 |
Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
No | Codec AV1 | No |
Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
Decode / Encode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y |
LPDDR4X-2133 | Memory | LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600 |
8 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
-- | Max. Bandwidth | 29.9 GB/s |
No | ECC | No |
-- | L2 Cache | -- |
2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
-- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 10 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 9.9 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 Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y is 6 W. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y |
9 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 6 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | -- |
-- | TDP down | 4.5 W |
-- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y cache has a total of 2.00 MB. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y |
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 |
-- | Socket | BGA 1515 |
None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
No | AES-NI | Yes |
Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
Q3/2017 | Release date | Q1/2019 |
-- | Release price | 161 $ |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 970
ARM Mali-G72 MP12 @ 0.75 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y |
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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