Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G. 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
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 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 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

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-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 4 16
Shaders 256 256
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 3360x1440@60Hz
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)
VC-1
VP8
VP9

Wireless

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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W81
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Kirin 990 4G
497136

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Kirin 990 4G
748

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Kirin 990 4G
3078