Apple A19 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A19 with HiSilicon Kirin 970. 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

A19

Kirin 970

318577

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A19

3603

Kirin 970

389

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A19

9122

Kirin 970

1502

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 4.26 GHz	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	2	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors		5500 million
TDP		9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	HiSilicon NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A19 GPU	Mali-G72 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1620 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	5	12
Shaders	640	192
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2340x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	6.0	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS