Intel Xeon Gold 6242R vs HiSilicon Kirin 960
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | HiSilicon Kirin 960 | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon Gold 6242R or HiSilicon Kirin 960 - 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 6242R has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6242R was released in Q1/2020. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 was released in Q4/2016. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold (163) | Family | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) | CPU group | HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2) |
| 2 | Generation | 5 |
| Cascade Lake | Architecture | Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon Gold 6242R is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.10 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 960 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| 20 | Cores | 8 |
| 40 | Threads | 8 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 3.10 GHz (4.10 GHz) | A-Core | 2.40 GHz 4x Cortex-A73 |
| -- | B-Core | 1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 |
Internal GraphicsThe 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP8 |
| GPU frequency | 0.90 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| -- | GPU Generation | Bifrost 1 |
| Technology | 16 nm | |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| -- | Compute units | 8 |
| -- | Shader | 256 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | 11 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP8 |
| 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 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Xeon Gold 6242R supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960 can connect up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| DDR4-2933 | Memory | LPDDR4-1600 |
| 1024 GB | Max. Memory | 6 GB |
| 6 (Hexa Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 140.7 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 35.75 MB | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 48 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 47.3 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6242R has a TDP of 205 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 960 is 5 W. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| 205 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 5 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| 76 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon Gold 6242R has a 35.75 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 960 cache has a total of 4.00 MB. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| 14 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 3647 | Socket | -- |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | Android |
| Q1/2020 | Release date | Q4/2016 |
| 3286 $ | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
20C 40T @ 4.10 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
20C 40T @ 3.30 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
20C 40T @ 4.10 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
20C 40T @ 3.30 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
@ 0.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
20C 40T @ 3.30 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 960
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 6242R | HiSilicon Kirin 960 |
| Unknown | Huawei Honor 8 Pro Huawei Honor 9 Huawei Mate 9 Huawei Mate 9 Pro Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Huawei MediaPad M5 Huawei Nova 2s Huawei P10 |
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