HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs AMD A4-5145M

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A4-5145M
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G AMD A4-5145M

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G or AMD A4-5145M - 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 990 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.86 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G was released in Q3/2019.

The AMD A4-5145M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A4-5145M was released in Q2/2013.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD A (112)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3) CPU group AMD A4-5000M (2)
8 Generation 3
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Richland (Piledriver)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.86 GHz. The AMD A4-5145M has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (2.60 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Characteristic AMD A4-5145M
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.86 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
A-Core 2.00 GHz (2.60 GHz)
2.36 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
B-Core --
1.95 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Characteristic AMD A4-5145M
HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 AI hardware --
Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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-G76 MP16 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8310G
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.42 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.55 GHz
Bifrost 3 GPU Generation 5
7 nm Technology 32 nm
2 Max. displays 2
16 Compute units 2
256 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11

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-G76 MP16 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8310G
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD A4-5145M can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Characteristic AMD A4-5145M
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR3-1333
8 GB Max. Memory
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 1.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G has a TDP of 6 W, that of the AMD A4-5145M is 17 W.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Characteristic AMD A4-5145M
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD A4-5145M cache has a total of 1.00 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Characteristic AMD A4-5145M
7 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
-- Socket FP2
None Virtualization AMD-V
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2013
-- Release price --
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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.
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz
737 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
AMD Radeon HD 8310G @ 0.55 GHz
141 (19%)

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 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
757 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.60 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 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
2855 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
3244 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
545690 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.00 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 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
463729 (100%)
AMD A4-5145M AMD A4-5145M
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G AMD A4-5145M
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