Intel Xeon Gold 5320T vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Intel Xeon Gold 5320T CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 950
Intel Xeon Gold 5320T HiSilicon Kirin 950

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T or HiSilicon Kirin 950 - 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 Gold 5320T has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T was released in Q2/2021.

The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 950 was released in Q4/2015.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 950 (2)
3 Generation 4
Ice Lake Architecture Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.50 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 950 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 950
20 Cores 8
40 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz (3.50 GHz) A-Core 2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
-- 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 Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 950
-- 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 Xeon Gold 5320T supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 950 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 950
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4
6144 GB Max. Memory
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
187.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
30.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
64 PCIe lanes --
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T has a TDP of 150 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 950 is --.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 950
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T has a 30.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 950 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 950
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, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 4189 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2015
1727 $ 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 Gold 5320T Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
20C 40T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
331 (100%)

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 Xeon Gold 5320T Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1183 (100%)

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 Gold 5320T Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 950 HiSilicon Kirin 950
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz
122 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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