Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Apple A12 Bionic, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A12 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 A12 Bionic
700191
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU198067193866
GPU185355159831
Memory152138114872
UX164631123183
NanoReview Score700191591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability69 %48 %
Graphics Test31 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression108.3 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser61.7 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering78.6 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur10.6 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing36.4 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection21.4 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR89.6 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.35 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 - 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2490 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A12 GPU Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1125 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 4 10
Shader Units 64 24
Total shader 256 240
FLOPS 576 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 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 2688x1242 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
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 1000 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 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, 2018 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W81 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A12 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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