Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 950. 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1333 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Midgard
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 4 4
Shaders 256 64
DirectX 11.2
OpenCL API 1.2
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2015 November
Partnumber APL1W81 Hi3650
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Kirin 950
135741

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Kirin 950
341

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Kirin 950
1294