HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and Apple A12 Bionic
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
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU178879198067
GPU118109185355
Memory128205152138
UX149511164631
NanoReview Score574704700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression137.2 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2400 2490
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 64 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 576 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution n/a 2688x1242 pixels
Camera n/a 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Balong Intel XMM 7560
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W81

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