Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 710A

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 710A. 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 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	4x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million	5500 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G51 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	650 MHz
GPU boost frequency		1000 MHz
Execution units	4	4
Shaders	256	64
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2340x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 48MP, 2x 24MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS