HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and Apple A16 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 990 (5G)
714339
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU223187381160
GPU212580472052
Memory140763258668
UX137809329468
NanoReview Score7143391441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stability55 %79 %
Graphics Test19 fps59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression133.5 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2860 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 8 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP16 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 16 5
Shader Units 24 128
Total shader 384 640
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 1789.4 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 Da Vinci Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W10

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A16 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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