Apple A8X vs HiSilicon Kirin 925

Let's find out which one of Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Apple A8X HiSilicon Kirin 925
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  8 2
• CPU group
  Apple A8/A8X HiSilicon Kirin 920
• Successor
  Apple A9X --

In this block we are going to compare Apple A8X vs HiSilicon Kirin 925 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.50 GHz 1.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  3 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 1.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  3 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  3x Typhoon 4x Cortex-A15
• B core
  -- 4x Cortex-A7

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Apple A8X ARM Mali-T628 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.45 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  8 4
• Shader
  256 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB --
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  5 Midgard 2
• DirectX Version
  11
• Technology
  20 nm 32nm
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q4/2012

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

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

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925.

• AES-NI
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Apple A8X or HiSilicon Kirin 925? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  8 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  A8 Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
• Technology
  20 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2014

List of devices based on Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 925.

• Used in
  Apple iPad Air 2 Unknown