HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs Apple A8X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 930 Apple A8/A8X
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Apple A series
• Generation
  3 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A9X

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 3x Typhoon
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 3
• CPU Threads
  8 3
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (3 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11 -
• Execution units
  4 8
• Generation
  Midgard 2 5
• GPU Frequency
  680 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T628 MP4 Apple A8X
• GPU Turbo
  680 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q3/2014
• Shader
  64 256
• Technology
  32nm 20 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 935. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 935 and Apple A8X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 935 and Apple A8X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 A8
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4.00 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2014
• Technology
  28 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  None None