Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs HiSilicon Kirin 920

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Intel Xeon Silver 4210R CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 920
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R HiSilicon Kirin 920

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R 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 Silver 4210R has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4210R was released in Q1/2020.

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 Silver (32) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)
2 Generation 2
Cascade Lake Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Silver 4210R is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.20 GHz). The HiSilicon Kirin 920 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
10 Cores 8
20 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.20 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 Silver 4210R Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
-- 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-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 Silver 4210R supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 920 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR3-1600
1024 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
13.75 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 Silver 4210R has a TDP of 100 W, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 920 is --.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
100 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4210R has a 13.75 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 920 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 920
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 Q3/2014
563 $ 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 Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
911 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
8487 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
1126 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
6853 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 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 Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz
15148 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Silver 4210R HiSilicon Kirin 920
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