Intel Xeon Gold 6438M vs HiSilicon Kirin 920

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438M CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 920
Intel Xeon Gold 6438M HiSilicon Kirin 920

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M or HiSilicon Kirin 920 - 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 6438M has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M was released in Q1/2023.

The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 920 was released in Q3/2014.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 (25) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)
4 Generation 2
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M has 32 CPU cores and can calculate 64 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is 2.20 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 920 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 920 is at 1.70 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
32 Cores 8
64 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz (3.90 GHz) A-Core 1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7

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 6438M Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M or HiSilicon Kirin 920 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 Gold 6438M can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 920 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR3-1600
4096 GB Max. Memory
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
60.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
80 PCIe lanes --
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is 205 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is manufactured in 10 nm and has 60.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 920 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 4677 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2014
3273 $ 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 6438M Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)

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