Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 980
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H HiSilicon Kirin 980

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H or HiSilicon Kirin 980 - 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 8460H has 40 cores with 80 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H was released in Q1/2023.

The HiSilicon Kirin 980 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 980 was released in Q4/2018.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 (18) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 980 (2)
4 Generation 7
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H has 40 CPU cores and can calculate 80 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H is 2.20 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 980 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 980 is at 2.60 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 980
40 Cores 8
80 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz (3.80 GHz) A-Core 2.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 1.92 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- C-Core 1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A55

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 8460H Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 980
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H or HiSilicon Kirin 980 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-G76 MP10
GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 3
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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-G76 MP10
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 980 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 980
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR4X-2133
4096 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
105.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
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 Platinum 8460H is 330 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 980 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 980
330 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H is manufactured in 10 nm and has 105.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 980 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 980
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 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 Q4/2018
10710 $ 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 Platinum 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
40C 80T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
681 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2576 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
40C 80T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
885 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2778 (100%)

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 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
ARM Mali-G76 MP10 @ 0.72 GHz
520 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H
40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 980 HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
412594 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Platinum 8460H HiSilicon Kirin 980
Unknown Huawei P30
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei Honor 20
Huawei Honor 20 Pro
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Nova 5T

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