Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL vs HiSilicon Kirin 960S

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 960S
Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL HiSilicon Kirin 960S

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL or HiSilicon Kirin 960S - 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 Platinum 8360HL has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 4608 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL was released in Q3/2020.

The HiSilicon Kirin 960S has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.11 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S was released in Q4/2016.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8300 (CL) (10) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 960 (2)
3 Generation 5
Cooper Lake Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 960S has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.11 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
24 Cores 8
48 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) A-Core 2.11 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.84 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 Platinum 8360HL Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
-- 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-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 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-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 & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL supports a maximum of 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 960S can connect up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-1600
4608 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
153.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
33.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
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 Platinum 8360HL has a TDP of 225 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 960S is 5 W.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
225 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL has a 33.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 960S cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 960S
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 4189 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2016
7203 $ 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 Platinum 8360HL Intel Xeon Platinum 8360HL
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 960S HiSilicon Kirin 960S
ARM Mali-G71 MP8 @ 0.90 GHz
245 (100%)

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