Apple A10X Fusion vs HiSilicon Kirin 955

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A10X Fusion with HiSilicon Kirin 955. 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 3x 2.38 GHz – Hurricane
3x 1.3 GHz – Zephyr
4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 10 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 4000 million 2000 million
TDP 8 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 2 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 1333 MHz
Memory-bus 2x64 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Imagination PowerVR GT7600 Plus Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture Rogue Midgard
GPU frequency 1000 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 12 4
Shaders 384 64
DirectX 11.2
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 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.1 Gbps 0.05 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 2017 Quarter 2 2016 April
Partnumber APL1071 Hi3655
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A10X Fusion
475583
Kirin 955
147887

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A10X Fusion
867
Kirin 955
345

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A10X Fusion
2275
Kirin 955
1180