HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
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CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 970 or Intel Xeon Silver 4116T - 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 Xeon Silver 4116T has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4116T was released in Q3/2017. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Xeon Silver (32) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 (1) | CPU group | Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8) |
| 6 | Generation | 1 |
| Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 | Architecture | Skylake SP |
| 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4116T has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.00 GHz). |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Silver 4116T |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
A-Core | 2.10 GHz (3.00 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 | 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4116T can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Silver 4116T |
| LPDDR4X-2133 | Memory | DDR4-2400 |
| 8 GB | Max. Memory | 768 GB |
| 4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 6 (Hexa Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 16.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 48 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 47.3 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 Xeon Silver 4116T is 85 W. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Silver 4116T |
| 9 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 85 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 970 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4116T cache has a total of 16.00 MB. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Silver 4116T |
| 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, AVX-512 |
| -- | Socket | LGA 3647 |
| None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Android | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q3/2017 | Release date | Q3/2017 |
| -- | Release price | 1100 $ |
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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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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
12C 24T @ 3.00 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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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
12C 24T @ 2.60 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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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
@ 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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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz |
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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.
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Intel Xeon Silver 4116T |
| 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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