Intel Xeon Gold 6330N vs HiSilicon Kirin 920

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 6330N CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 920
Intel Xeon Gold 6330N HiSilicon Kirin 920

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6330N and the HiSilicon Kirin 920 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6330N 28 core processor released in Q2/2021 with the HiSilicon Kirin 920 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2014.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)
3 Generation 2
Ice Lake Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6330N is a 28 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz). The processor can compute 56 threads at the same time. The HiSilicon Kirin 920 clocks with 1.70 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Gold 6330N Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
28 Cores 8
56 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz (3.40 GHz) A-Core 1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7

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 6330N Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

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

Up to 6144 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Gold 6330N, while the HiSilicon Kirin 920 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled.

Intel Xeon Gold 6330N Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1600
6144 GB Max. Memory
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
170.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
42.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
64 PCIe lanes --
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Gold 6330N has a TDP of 165 W. The TDP of the HiSilicon Kirin 920 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Gold 6330N Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6330N has 42.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of HiSilicon Kirin 920 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 28 nm.

Intel Xeon Gold 6330N Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
10 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 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 Q3/2014
2029 $ 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 Xeon Gold 6330N Intel Xeon Gold 6330N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6330N HiSilicon Kirin 920
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