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Apple A16 Bionic vs Hisilicon Kirin 970

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Kirin 970
A16 Bionic chip
Kirin 970

We’ve analyzed the newly launched A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970 SoCs, created by Apple and Hisilicon respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 6-core and 8-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 46.61% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3460 vs 2360 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 228.24 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (965 K vs 294 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 71.81 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 970 ( 51.2 vs 29.8 MHz).
Pros of Kirin 970
  • Kirin 970 has -39.20 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 850 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Kirin 970 has 150.00 % smaller sized transistor than A16 Bionic chip ( 10 vs 4 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Kirin 970

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 77046
GPU 408357 90560
Memory 162944 66398
UX 146541 59977
Total score 964952 293981

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 79% 80%
Graphics test 59 FPS 6 FPS
Score 9862 1050

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth		 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 1840MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2360MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB 0.5 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali G72 MP12
Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 6 12
Shading units 768 192
Total shaders 1536 384
FLOPS - 347 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.0
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Dedicated NPU

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio

Connectivity

Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps -
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2022 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 Hi3670
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Kirin 970 official site