Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 985 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Mali-G77 MP8
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 4 8
Shaders 256 128
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 20MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fp
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 1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2020 Quarter 2
Partnumber APL1W81 Hi6290
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Kirin 985 5G
467882

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Kirin 985 5G
699

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Kirin 985 5G
2593