Intel Xeon D-2177NT vs HiSilicon Kirin 930

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Intel Xeon D-2177NT CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 930
Intel Xeon D-2177NT HiSilicon Kirin 930

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon D-2177NT or HiSilicon Kirin 930 - 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 Xeon D-2177NT has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 512 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon D-2177NT was released in Q1/2018.

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 was released in Q1/2015.
Intel Xeon D (79) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon D-2100 (13) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2)
2 Generation 3
Skylake Architecture Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon D-2177NT has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon D-2177NT is 1.90 GHz (3.00 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon D-2177NT Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
14 Cores 8
28 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz (3.00 GHz) A-Core 2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.50 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 Xeon D-2177NT Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon D-2177NT or HiSilicon Kirin 930 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.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T628 MP4
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 2
Technology 32nm
Max. displays 1
-- 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-T628 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
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 No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon D-2177NT can use up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 85.4 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon D-2177NT Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1600
512 GB Max. Memory
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
85.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
19.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
32 PCIe lanes --
31.5 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon D-2177NT is 105 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 930 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon D-2177NT Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
105 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon D-2177NT is manufactured in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon D-2177NT Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 930
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
BGA 2518 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2018 Release date Q1/2015
1544 $ Release price --
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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 Xeon D-2177NT Intel Xeon D-2177NT
14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz
851 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 Xeon D-2177NT Intel Xeon D-2177NT
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon D-2177NT HiSilicon Kirin 930
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