Apple A10 Fusion vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A10 Fusion with HiSilicon Kirin 960. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz – Hurricane
2x 1.09 GHz – Zephyr
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 4 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 16 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 3300 million 4000 million
TDP 5 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 2 GB up to 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 1x64 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Imagination PowerVR GT7600 Plus Mali-G71 MP8
GPU Architecture Rogue Bifrost
GPU frequency 650 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 6 8
Shaders 192 128
DirectX 11.3
OpenCL API 1.2 1.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2048x1536
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.1 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 4.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 Quarter 3 2016 October
Partnumber APL1W24 Hi3660
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A10 Fusion
420375
Kirin 960
253892

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
851
Kirin 960
382

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
1280
Kirin 960
1544