AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 HiSilicon Kirin 9000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper HiSilicon Kirin
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 9
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series -

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

• A-Core
  - 1x Cortex-A77
• B-Core
  - 3x Cortex-A77
• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 2.05 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A55
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  24 8
• CPU Threads
  48 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.5 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 3.13 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.54 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.

• GPU name
  None ARM Mali-G78 MP24
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - Vallhall 2
• GPU Frequency
  - 760 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 1
• Release date
  - Q4/2020
• Shader
  - 384
• Technology
  - 5 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4 LPDDR4X-2133LPDDR5-2750
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  72 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and HiSilicon Kirin 9000 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  280 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and HiSilicon Kirin 9000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
• Codename
  Castle Peak -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 -
• L1-Cache
  1.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  12 MB -
• L3-Cache
  128 MB -
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000010WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000010 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition -
• Release date
  2019-11-25 Q4/2020
• Socket
  sTRX4 -
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 5 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None