Intel Core i7-13700T vs HiSilicon Kirin 960S

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-13700T CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 960S
Intel Core i7-13700T HiSilicon Kirin 960S

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-13700T or HiSilicon Kirin 960S - 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 i7-13700T has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-13700T was released in Q1/2023.

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.11 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S was released in Q4/2016.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Core i 13000 (17) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)
13 Generation 5
Raptor Lake S Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i7-12700T Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-14700T Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-13700T has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-13700T is 1.40 GHz (4.90 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 960S has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is at 2.11 GHz.

Intel Core i7-13700T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
16 Cores 8
24 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz (4.90 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
A-Core 2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
1.00 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

NPU AI performance

The 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.

Intel Core i7-13700T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-13700T or HiSilicon Kirin 960S 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 UHD Graphics 770 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP8
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
1.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
10 nm Technology 16 nm
3 Max. displays 2
32 Compute units 8
256 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP8
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-13700T can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-13700T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-1600
192 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
24.00 MB L2 Cache --
30.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-13700T is 35 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 960S has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-13700T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
106 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-13700T is manufactured in 10 nm and has 54.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-13700T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
10 nm Technology 16 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions --
LGA 1700 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q4/2016
384 $ 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.60 GHz
820 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz
245 (30%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz
110 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz
1095 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz
1916 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
11611 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz
2537 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
15020 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 i7-13700T Intel Core i7-13700T
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
30640 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-13700T HiSilicon Kirin 960S
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