Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G
Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 9000 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?
AnTuTu 10
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GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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CPU cores and architecture
Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest |
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Number of cores | 6 | 8 |
Instruction Set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
Lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
Number of transistors | 6900 million | 15300 million |
TDP | 6 Watt | 6 Watt |
Neural Processing | NPU | Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 |
Memory (RAM)
Max amount | up to 4 GB | up to 16 GB |
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2750 MHz |
Memory-bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
Storage
Storage specification | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple gen. 2 | Mali-G78 MP24 |
GPU Architecture | Apple GPU | Mali Valhall |
GPU frequency | 1125 MHz | 760 MHz |
Execution units | 4 | 24 |
Shaders | 256 | 384 |
DirectX | 12 | |
OpenCL API | 2.1 | |
OpenGL API | ES 3.2 | |
Vulkan API | 1.2 |
Camera, Video, Display
Max screen resolution | 2688x1242 | 3840x2160 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | |
Max Video Capture | 4K@60fps | 4K@60fps |
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 | 4.6 Gbps |
Peak Upload Speed | 0.35 Gbps | 2.5 Gbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 (802.11ac) | 6 (802.11ax) |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC |
Supplemental Information
Launch Date | 2018 Quarter 3 | 2020 October |
Partnumber | APL1W81 | |
Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
Positioning | Flagship | Flagship |
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