Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 9000S. 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

A16 Bionic

1445875

Kirin 9000S

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Kirin 9000S

1323

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Kirin 9000S

4112

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	4 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million
TDP	8 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	HUAWEI Da Vinci

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Maleoon 910
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	5	4
Shaders	640	1024
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP
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	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS