Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y vs HiSilicon Kirin 928

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Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 928
Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y HiSilicon Kirin 928

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y or HiSilicon Kirin 928 - 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 4309Y has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y was released in Q2/2021.

The HiSilicon Kirin 928 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 928 was released in Q3/2014.
Intel Xeon Silver (32) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon Silver 4300 (5) 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 Silver 4309Y has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y is 2.80 GHz (3.60 GHz) while the HiSilicon Kirin 928 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 928 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz (3.60 GHz) A-Core 2.00 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 4309Y Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y or HiSilicon Kirin 928 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 Silver 4309Y can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 170.8 GB/s. The HiSilicon Kirin 928 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
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 --
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
64 PCIe lanes --
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y is 105 W, while the HiSilicon Kirin 928 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
105 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y is manufactured in 10 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The HiSilicon Kirin 928 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 928
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
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
536 $ 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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1268 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
8194 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1589 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10210 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
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 4309Y Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
19238 (100%)
HiSilicon Kirin 928 HiSilicon Kirin 928
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y HiSilicon Kirin 928
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