HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Intel Core i7-11700K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 980 Intel Core i 11000
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Intel Core i7
• Generation
  7 11
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-10700K
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-12700K

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A76 -
• B-Core
  2x Cortex-A76 -
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.9 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.6 GHz 4.5 GHz

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
  12 12
• Execution units
  10 32
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 12
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP10 Intel UHD Graphics 750
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2021
• Shader
  160 256
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700K and HiSilicon Kirin 980. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 980 and Intel Core i7-11700K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  6 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 251 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 980 and Intel Core i7-11700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Rocket Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q1/2021
• Socket
  - LGA 1200
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d