Apple A17 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro 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

A17 Pro

1568389

Kirin 950

135741

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Kirin 950

341

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Kirin 950

1294

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million	2000 million
TDP	8 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	6	4
Shaders	768	64
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max camera resolution		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 NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS