Apple A17 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with HiSilicon Kirin 980. 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	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million	6900 million
TDP	8 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	6	10
Shaders	768	160
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3120x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS