Intel Pentium G860T vs HiSilicon Kirin 928

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Intel Pentium G860T CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 928
Intel Pentium G860T HiSilicon Kirin 928

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium G860T and the HiSilicon Kirin 928 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium G860T 2 core processor released in Q2/2012 with the HiSilicon Kirin 928 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2014.
Intel Pentium (150) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Pentium G800 (2) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)
3 Generation 2
Sandy Bridge S Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G860T is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The HiSilicon Kirin 928 clocks with 2.00 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium G860T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz A-Core 2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7

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 Pentium G860T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU ARM Mali-T628 MP4
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
6 GPU Generation Midgard 2
32 nm Technology 32nm
2 Max. displays 1
6 Compute units 4
48 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 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 HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU ARM Mali-T628 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 32 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium G860T, while the HiSilicon Kirin 928 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled.

Intel Pentium G860T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR3-1600
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Pentium G860T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium G860T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G860T has 3.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 32 nm. The cache of HiSilicon Kirin 928 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 28 nm.

Intel Pentium G860T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
32 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
LGA 1155 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2014
-- 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 Pentium G860T Intel Pentium G860T
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (73%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium G860T HiSilicon Kirin 928
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