Intel Processor N100 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960S

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Intel Processor N100 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 960S
Intel Processor N100 HiSilicon Kirin 960S

CPU comparison

Intel Processor N100 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 Processor N100 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Processor N100 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 Processor N (5) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)
13 Generation 5
Alder Lake N Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Processor N100 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Processor N100 is 1.80 GHz (3.40 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 Processor N100 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz (3.40 GHz)
4x Gracemont		 A-Core 2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.84 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

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 Processor N100 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Processor N100 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 24 EUs (Alder Lake) GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP8
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
0.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
12 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
10 nm Technology 16 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Compute units 8
192 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 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 24 EUs (Alder Lake) 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 Processor N100 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 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 Processor N100 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
9 PCIe lanes --
8.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Processor N100 is 6 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 Processor N100 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
25 W TDP (PL2) --
10 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Processor N100 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 10.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Intel Processor N100 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, AVX, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 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
128 $ 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 GHz
288 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz
245 (85%)

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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
59 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
197 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
821 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2269 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
989 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2840 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1220 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
3129 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
347 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1076 (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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5417 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
379 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1304 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
154 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 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 Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
477 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
8C 8T @ 2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Processor N100 Intel Processor N100
2,269 CB R23 MC @ 10 W
227 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
2.11 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Processor N100 HiSilicon Kirin 960S
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