Apple A14 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 955

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm
4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 11800 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 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. 4 Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Midgard
GPU frequency 1462 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 2732x2048
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 7.5 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 4 2016 April
Partnumber APL1W01 Hi3655
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A14 Bionic
1073837
Kirin 955
147887

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
2068
Kirin 955
345

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
4719
Kirin 955
1180