Intel Atom Z3560 vs HiSilicon Kirin 920

Let's find out which one of Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 920 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Atom Z3560 HiSilicon Kirin 920
• Family
  Intel Atom HiSilicon Kirin
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3500 HiSilicon Kirin 920
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  5 2

In this block we are going to compare Intel Atom Z3560 vs HiSilicon Kirin 920 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.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  1.83 GHz 1.30 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 920 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430 ARM Mali-T628 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.46 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.53 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  16 4
• Shader
  128 64
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Midgard 2
• Technology
  28 nm 32nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q4/2012

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 920. 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
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 920 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
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Atom Z3560 or HiSilicon Kirin 920? 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.

• Tjunction max.
  90 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Atom Z3560 and HiSilicon Kirin 920 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

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