Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 960. 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-A73
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 4000 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-G71 MP8
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 4 8
Shaders 256 128
DirectX 11.3
OpenCL API 1.2
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
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) 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 2016 October
Partnumber APL1W81 Hi3660
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Kirin 960
253892

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Kirin 960
382

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Kirin 960
1544