Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 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?
AnTuTu 10
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GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
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 | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Lithography | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Number of transistors | 15000 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 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. 5 | Mali-G76 MP16 |
| GPU Architecture | Apple GPU | Mali Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 1338 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution units | 5 | 16 |
| Shaders | 640 | 256 |
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenCL API | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan API | 1.1 |
Camera, Video, Display
| Max screen resolution | 2732x2048 | 3360x1440@60Hz |
| Max Video Capture | 4K@60fps | 4K@60fps |
| Video codec support | H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 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) | 6 (802.11ax) |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2021 Quarter 3 | 2019 Quarter 4 |
| Partnumber | APL1W07 | |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship | Flagship |
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