Intel Core i9-14900F vs HiSilicon Kirin 955

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-14900F CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 955
Intel Core i9-14900F HiSilicon Kirin 955

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-14900F or HiSilicon Kirin 955 - 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 i9-14900F has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.80 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-14900F was released in Q1/2024.

The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 was released in Q2/2016.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Core i 14000 (23) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2)
14 Generation 4
Raptor Lake S Refresh Architecture Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i9-13900F Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-14900F is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (5.80 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 955 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz.

Intel Core i9-14900F Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 955
24 Cores 8
32 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (5.80 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
A-Core 2.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
1.50 GHz (4.30 GHz)
16x Gracemont
B-Core 1.80 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 i9-14900F Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 955
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T880 MP4
GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 4
Technology 16 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T880 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-14900F supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 955 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i9-14900F Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 955
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4, LPDDR3
192 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
32.00 MB L2 Cache --
36.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-14900F has a TDP of 65 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 955 is --.

Intel Core i9-14900F Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 955
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
219 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-14900F has a 68.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 955 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i9-14900F Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 955
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
Q1/2024 Release date Q2/2016
524 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-14900F (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 (15%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-14900F (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 (5%)

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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2202 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
330 (15%)

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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
20150 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
989 (5%)

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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2242 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
33820 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2947 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
20495 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
903 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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 i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
12840 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
8C 8T @ 2.50 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.
Intel Core i9-14900F Intel Core i9-14900F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 955 HiSilicon Kirin 955
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-14900F HiSilicon Kirin 955
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