HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Apple A12 Bionic
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Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 430571 | 198067 |
| GPU | 551063 | 185355 |
| Memory | 212421 | 152138 |
| UX | 132317 | 164631 |
| NanoReview Score | 1326372 | 700191 |
| Stability | n/a | 69 % |
| Graphics Test | n/a | 31 fps |
| File Compression | 155.7 MB/s | 108.3 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 101.3 pages/s | 61.7 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 117.6 MP/sec | 78.6 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 11.9 frames/s | 10.6 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 34.7 frames/s | 36.4 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 60.2 frames/s | 21.4 frames/s |
| HDR | 95.4 MP/sec | 89.6 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 4.78 MP/sec | 3.35 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 1x 2.285 GHz – - 3x 2.05 GHz – - 4x 1.3 GHz – |
- 2/2.49 (Vortex) - 4/1.6 (Tempest) |
| Process | SMIC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2285 | 2490 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-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 Model | Maleoon 920 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU Frequency | 840 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Execution Units | 4 | 4 |
| Shader Units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shader | 1024 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 GFLOPS | 576 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | n/a |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | n/a |
| DirectX | 12 | n/a |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Da Vinci | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 68.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max. resolution | n/a | 2688x1242 pixels |
| Camera | n/a | 1x32 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS | 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 | n/a | 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 | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo |
Other
| Announced | May, 2025 yr | September, 2018 yr |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Codename | n/a | APL1W81 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8020 the clear winner in this comparison.
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