Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 9020. 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

A15 Bionic

1279854

Kirin 9020

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

2316

Kirin 9020

1598

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

5719

Kirin 9020

5114

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Number of cores	6	12
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	15000 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	HUAWEI Da Vinci

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Maleoon 920
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	1024
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS