Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 980. 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

Total Score

A12 Bionic

648957

Kirin 980

484026

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Kirin 980

698

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Kirin 980

2482

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	4	10
Shaders	256	160
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3120x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS