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HiSilicon Kirin 920 vs HiSilicon Kirin 930. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2014
HiSilicon Kirin 920
HiSilicon Kirin 920
Released
Q1/2015
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HiSilicon Kirin 930
HiSilicon Kirin 930

What's the best choice HiSilicon Kirin 920 or HiSilicon Kirin 930? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

HiSilicon Kirin 920 has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2014.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 has a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2015.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1633 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 13% better clock speed

    1.50 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15 % better overclocked clock speed

    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 930 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1623 place

Specifications

Technical data
HiSilicon Kirin 920 HiSilicon Kirin 920
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    HiSilicon Kirin left arrow HiSilicon Kirin
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 920 left arrow HiSilicon Kirin 930
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.30 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    1.70 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    1.70 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    4x Cortex-A15 left arrow 4x Cortex-A53
  • B core
    4x Cortex-A7 left arrow 4x Cortex-A53
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-T628 MP4 left arrow ARM Mali-T628 MP4
  • GPU frequency
    0.60 GHz left arrow 0.60 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.60 GHz left arrow 0.60 GHz
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    64 left arrow 64
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    Midgard 2 left arrow Midgard 2
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    32nm left arrow 32nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2012 left arrow Q4/2012
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 930 and HiSilicon Kirin 920. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3-1600 left arrow LPDDR3-1600
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 920 and HiSilicon Kirin 930 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 920 and HiSilicon Kirin 920, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 left arrow Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 28 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q1/2015

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between HiSilicon Kirin 920 and HiSilicon Kirin 930.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
77
HiSilicon Kirin 920
77
HiSilicon Kirin 930

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