Apple A9 vs HiSilicon Kirin 810

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A9 with HiSilicon Kirin 810. 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

A9

Kirin 810

373134

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A9

624

Kirin 810

604

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A9

961

Kirin 810

1959

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 1.85 GHz – Apple Twister	2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 1.88 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	2	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	6900 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple M9	Ascend D100 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Imagination PowerVR GT7600	Mali-G52 MP6
GPU Architecture	PowerVR Rogue	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	650 MHz	820 MHz
Execution units	6	6
Shaders	192	96
DirectX		12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2048x1536
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.45 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS