Intel Atom Z3785 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Atom Z3785 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
Intel Atom Z3785 HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G

CPU comparison

Intel Atom Z3785 or HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G - 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 Intel Atom Z3785 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.41 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z3785 was released in Q2/2014.

The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.86 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G was released in Q3/2019.
Intel Atom (108) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Atom Z3700 (16) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3)
4 Generation 8
Bay Trail Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom Z3785 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.49 GHz (2.41 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.86 GHz.

Intel Atom Z3785 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.49 GHz (2.41 GHz) A-Core 2.86 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 2.36 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- C-Core 1.95 GHz
4x Cortex-A55

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.

Intel Atom Z3785 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
-- AI hardware HUAWEI HiAI 2.0
-- AI specifications Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny

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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP14
0.31 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
0.83 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
7 GPU Generation Bifrost 3
22 nm Technology 7 nm
2 Max. displays 2
4 Compute units 14
32 Shader 224
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP14
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom Z3785 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Intel Atom Z3785 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
LPDDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
4 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Atom Z3785 has a TDP of 4 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is 6 W.

Intel Atom Z3785 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
4 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Atom Z3785 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Atom Z3785 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
22 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1380 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Android
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2019
-- 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.
Intel Atom Z3785 Intel Atom Z3785
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.83 GHz
53 (8%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP14 @ 0.60 GHz
645 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3785 Intel Atom Z3785
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
757 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3785 Intel Atom Z3785
4C 4T @ 1.49 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
2855 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3785 Intel Atom Z3785
4C 4T @ 2.41 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom Z3785 Intel Atom Z3785
4C 4T @ 1.49 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
3244 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom Z3785 HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
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