Apple A14 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A14 Bionic

1073837

Kirin 985 5G

467882

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A14 Bionic

2068

Kirin 985 5G

699

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A14 Bionic

4719

Kirin 985 5G

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm	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	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	11800 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 6 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. 4	Mali-G77 MP8
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1462 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	2732x2048	3120x1440
Max camera resolution		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	7.5 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS