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?

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 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2015 November
Partnumber APL1V02 Hi3650
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

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