Intel Atom Z3560 vs HiSilicon Kirin 925. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3500 HiSilicon Kirin 920
• Family
  Intel Atom HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  5 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.83 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  4x -
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 1.8 GHz
• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A15
• B-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A7
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1.8 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
  10 11
• Execution units
  16 4
• Generation
  - Midgard 2
• GPU Frequency
  460 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430 ARM Mali-T628 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  530 MHz 600 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q4/2012
• Shader
  128 64
• Technology
  28 nm 32nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 925 and Intel Atom Z3560. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  12.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 925 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
  90 °C -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 925, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Moorefield Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2014
• Socket
  FC-MB5T1064 -
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  Intel VT-x None