Apple A13 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 955

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 955. 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

A13 Bionic

885295

Kirin 955

147887

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

1735

Kirin 955

345

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

4109

Kirin 955

1180

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors	8500 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. 3	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1350 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 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	1.2 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS