Intel Core i3-1120G4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  11 8
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1100G/11000U HiSilicon Kirin 990

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
  2.50 GHz 1.95 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz 2.36 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 2x Cortex-A76
• B core
  -- 2x Cortex-A76
• C core
  -- 4x Cortex-A55

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
  Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) ARM Mali-G76 MP14
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  48 14
• Shader
  384 224
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  11 Bifrost 3
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G and Intel Core i3-1120G4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  4.0
• PCIe lanes
  4

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-1120G4 and HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 6 W
• TDP down
  7 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-1120G4 and Intel Core i3-1120G4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Tiger Lake U Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1526 N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q3/2019