Intel Core i5-1038NG7 vs HiSilicon Kirin 910

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-1038NG7 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 910
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 HiSilicon Kirin 910

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or HiSilicon Kirin 910 - 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 Core i5-1038NG7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 was released in Q2/2020.

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 910 was released in Q1/2014.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2)
10 Generation 1
Ice Lake U Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 910 is at 1.60 GHz.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
4 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or HiSilicon Kirin 910 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.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU ARM Mali-450 MP4
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.53 GHz
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.53 GHz
11 GPU Generation Utgard
14 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 1
64 Compute units 4
512 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 0

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 Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU ARM Mali-450 MP4
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 Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.6 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 910 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
59.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is 28 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 910 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 910 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1344 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2014
320 $ 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 Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (3%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1118 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4995 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1150 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 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.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4236 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 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.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1329 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 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.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4439 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
441 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1922 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 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.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
9355 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
177 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
781 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 HiSilicon Kirin 910
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2020) Unknown

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