Apple A10 Fusion vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A10 Fusion with HiSilicon Kirin 980. 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
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 4 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 3300 million 6900 million
TDP 5 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 2 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 1x64 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Imagination PowerVR GT7600 Plus Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture Rogue Bifrost
GPU frequency 650 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 6 10
Shaders 192 160
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2048x1536 3120x1440
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.1 Gbps 0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 Quarter 3 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W24
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A10 Fusion
420375
Kirin 980
484026

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
851
Kirin 980
698

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
1280
Kirin 980
2482