Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with HiSilicon Kirin 950. 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 950

135741

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

2638

Kirin 950

341

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A16 Bionic

6817

Kirin 950

1294

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	4 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million	2000 million
TDP	8 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Midgard
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	5	4
Shaders	640	64
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	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	3.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS