Apple A10 Fusion vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A10 Fusion with HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G. 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 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 4 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 3300 million 8000 million
TDP 5 Watt 7 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 2 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 1x64 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Imagination PowerVR GT7600 Plus Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture Rogue Bifrost
GPU frequency 650 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 6 16
Shaders 192 256
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
Vulkan API 1.1 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2048x1536 3360x1440@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.1 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 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W24
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A10 Fusion
420375
Kirin 990 5G
576876

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
851
Kirin 990 5G
774

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A10 Fusion
1280
Kirin 990 5G
3082