Intel Xeon Gold 6256 vs HiSilicon Kirin 910

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Intel Xeon Gold 6256 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 910
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 HiSilicon Kirin 910

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 or HiSilicon Kirin 910 - 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 6256 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 was released in Q1/2020.

The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 910 was released in Q1/2014.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 910 (2)
2 Generation 1
Cascade Lake Architecture Cortex-A9
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 910 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
12 Cores 4
24 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.60 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Xeon Gold 6256 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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-450 MP4
GPU frequency 0.53 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.53 GHz
-- GPU Generation Utgard
Technology 28nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 0

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-450 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 910 can connect up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR3
1024 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
33.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has a TDP of 205 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 910 is --.

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
76 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has a 33.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 910 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 910
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 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 Q1/2014
3900 $ 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 6256 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1222 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
4C 4T @ 1.60 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 Gold 6256 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 910 HiSilicon Kirin 910
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
32 (100%)

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