AllWinner A10 vs Intel Core i9-13900HK vs ZiiLABS ZMS-08

AllWinner A10

The AllWinner A10 is a cheap SoC for smartphones and tablets of 2012. It contains a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A8 core (ARMv7), a ARM Mali 400 (single core) graphics card and a video processing unit. It is produced in 55nm and mostly used for systems using Android or Linux.

Specifications (from Wikipedia):

Video Processing Unit

• HD Video Decoding (Super HD 2160P/3D Film)
• Support all popular video formats, including VP8, AVS, H.264 MVC, VC-1, MPEG-1/2/4
• HD Video Encoding (H.264 High Profile)
• Support encoding in H.264 format

Digital processing Unit

• Multi-channel HD displays
• Built-in HDMI
• YPbPr, CVBS, VGA
• LCD interfaces: CPU, RGB, LVDS up to Full 1080P HDTV

Memory

• DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM, 32-bit
• SLC/MLC/TLC/DDR NAND

Connectivity

• USB 2.0
• CSI, TS
• SD Card 3.0
• 10/100 Ethernet controller
• CAN bus, (A10 only)^[5] Built-in SATA 2.0 Interface
• I²C, SPDIF and AC97 audio interfaces
• PS2, SPI , TWI and UART

Storage and boot devices

• NAND FLASH
• SPI NOR FLASH
• SD Card
• USB
• SATA

Intel Core i9-13900HK

The Intel Core i9-13900HK is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Raptor Lake-H series (Alder Lake architecture). It was announced in early 2023 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.6 to 5.4 GHz (single core turbo, all-core 4.9 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.9 to 4.1 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. As a K-variant, the CPU offers an open multiplicator and therefore the possibility to overclock the CPU cores. Compared to the similar i9-12900HK, the 13900HK offers higher clock speeds. Compared to the i9-13900H, the 13900HK only offers the "Essentials" features of vPro.

Performance

Thanks to the high core count and high clock speed, the Core i9-13900HK is the fastest 45W CPU for laptops and only bested by Raptor Lake-HX based models with more cores and improved P-cores (e.g., the i9-13980HX). Still, the CPU is very well suited for all demanding use cases like gaming, content creation, and scientific calculations.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from 4800 MHz for the 12th gen). The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU now supports PCIe 5.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) .

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7 (improved over the 12th Gen).

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