Apple A11 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Apple A11 Bionic, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A11 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 980
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A11 Bionic
486501
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU169816193866
GPU123983159831
Memory100789114872
UX91913123183
NanoReview Score486501591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A11 Bionic
3432
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability71 %48 %
Graphics Test20 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A11 Bionic
1087
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A11 Bionic
2346
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression104 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser53.7 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering50.2 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur9.18 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing30.7 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection15.5 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR83.7 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.19 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.39 (Monsoon)
- 4/1.42 (Mistral)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2390 2600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 64 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 4.3 billion 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A11 GPU Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1066 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 64 24
Total shader 192 240
FLOPS 409.3 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2436x1125 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2017 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W72 n/a

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