HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G or Intel Xeon Gold 5218R - 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 Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R was released in Q1/2020. |
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HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Intel Xeon Gold (163) |
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3) | CPU group | Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) |
8 | Generation | 2 |
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 | Architecture | Cascade Lake |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
-- | Predecessor | -- |
-- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe 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 Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has 20 CPU cores and 40 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is at 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz). |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
8 | Cores | 20 |
8 | Threads | 40 |
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
No | Overclocking ? | No |
2.86 GHz 2x Cortex-A76 |
A-Core | 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz) |
2.36 GHz 2x Cortex-A76 |
B-Core | -- |
1.95 GHz 4x Cortex-A55 |
C-Core | -- |
NPU AI performanceThe 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. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 | AI hardware | -- |
Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny | AI specifications | -- |
-- | NPU + CPU + iGPU | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G or Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 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. |
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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 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-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 & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G can use up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
LPDDR4X-4266 | Memory | DDR4-2666 |
8 GB | Max. Memory | 1024 GB |
4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 6 (Hexa Channel) |
-- | Max. Bandwidth | 128.1 GB/s |
No | ECC | Yes |
-- | L2 Cache | -- |
2.00 MB | L3 Cache | 27.50 MB |
-- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
-- | PCIe lanes | 48 |
-- | PCIe Bandwidth | 47.3 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is 6 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has a TDP of 125 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
6 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 125 W |
-- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
-- | TDP up | -- |
-- | TDP down | -- |
-- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is manufactured in 7 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 27.50 MB cache. |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Characteristic | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
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 |
Q3/2019 | Release date | Q1/2020 |
-- | Release price | 1273 $ |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP14 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
@ 0.00 GHz |
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz |
Devices using this processor |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G | Intel Xeon Gold 5218R |
Unknown | Unknown |