HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3451

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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G AMD EPYC Embedded 3451

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G or AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 - 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 990E 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 990E 5G was released in Q3/2019.

The AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 was released in Q1/2018.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family AMD EPYC (129)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3) CPU group AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 (7)
8 Generation 1
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Snowy Owl (Zen)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is 2.86 GHz while the AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 is at 2.14 GHz (3.00 GHz).

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Characteristic AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
8 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.86 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
A-Core 2.14 GHz (3.00 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 990E 5G Characteristic AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 AI hardware --
Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G or AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-G76 MP14 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Bifrost 3 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
14 Compute units --
224 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-G76 MP14 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 & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G can use up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 85.3 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Characteristic AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2666
8 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 85.3 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 32.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 64
-- PCIe Bandwidth 63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is 6 W, while the AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 has a TDP of 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Characteristic AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 80 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is manufactured in 7 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 40.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Characteristic AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket SP4
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2018
-- Release price --
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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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
757 (100%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
16C 32T @ 3.00 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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
2855 (100%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
16C 32T @ 2.14 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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996 (100%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
16C 32T @ 3.00 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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
3244 (100%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
16C 32T @ 2.14 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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP14 @ 0.60 GHz
645 (100%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC Embedded 3451 AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
16C 32T @ 2.14 GHz
21287 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G AMD EPYC Embedded 3451
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