Intel Xeon w5-3425 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon w5-3425 CPU1 vs CPU2 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
Intel Xeon w5-3425 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon w5-3425 and the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon w5-3425 12 core processor released in Q1/2023 with the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2019.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family HiSilicon Kirin (29)
Intel Xeon W-3400 (8) CPU group HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3)
12 Generation 8
Sapphire Rapids-WS Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Xeon W-3225 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon w5-3425 is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz). The processor can compute 24 threads at the same time. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G clocks with 2.86 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon w5-3425 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
12 Cores 8
24 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz) A-Core 2.86 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 2.09 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- C-Core 1.86 GHz
4x Cortex-A55

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 w5-3425 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
-- AI hardware HUAWEI HiAI 2.0
-- AI specifications Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 3
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 16
-- Shader 256
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 MP16
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

Up to 4096 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon w5-3425, while the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of -- enabled.

Intel Xeon w5-3425 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
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 --
30.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version --
112 PCIe lanes --
441.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon w5-3425 has a TDP of 270 W. The TDP of the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is 6 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon w5-3425 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
270 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
324 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
103 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon w5-3425 has 30.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Xeon w5-3425 Characteristic HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX ISA extensions --
LGA 4677 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2019
1189 $ 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 w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
757 (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 w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
2855 (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 w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
996 (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 w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
12C 24T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz
3244 (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 w5-3425 Intel Xeon w5-3425
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz
737 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon w5-3425 HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
Unknown Huawei Mate 30 Pro

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