HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210T

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HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Intel Xeon Silver 4210T

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G and the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 8 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T which has 10 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2020.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
7 Generation 2
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon Silver 4110
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.58 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Silver 4210T clocks with 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz), has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel.

HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
8 Cores 10
8 Threads 20
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.58 GHz
1x Cortex-A76
A-Core 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz)
2.40 GHz
3x Cortex-A76
B-Core --
1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
C-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 985 5G Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-G77 MP8 GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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-G77 MP8 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
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 115.2 GB/s enabled.

HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 1024 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 13.75 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Silver 4210T is 95 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Silver 4210T is at 13.75 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
7 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
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 555 $
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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.
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
684 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
10C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 985 5G HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
2517 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 985 5G HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
ARM Mali-G77 MP8 @ 0.80 GHz
819 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
406830 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210T Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
10C 20T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Intel Xeon Silver 4210T
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