Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion
  • Higher listed GPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 820
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr 1x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 4 8
Clock speed 2340 MHz 2360 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 16 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 3.3 billion Not available
TDP 5 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 3 MB Not available
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus Not available 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 31.78 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Mali-G57 MP6
GPU architecture Rogue Valhall
GPU clock 900 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 6 6
Shaders 196 96
FLOPS 115 Gigaflops 579 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU No Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
Maximum display resolution 2048 x 1536 3360 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 22
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 4.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

SpecificationApple A10 FusionHiSilicon Kirin 820
Release September 2016 March 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 7
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A10 Fusion

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

HiSilicon Kirin 820

4G
Huawei Nova 8 Global
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 Global

3.4
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3800 mAh
5G
Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G

5.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1200 × 2000 pixels (10.40…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 7250 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei P40 Lite 5G
Huawei

Huawei P40 Lite 5G

3.1
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Nova 7 SE
Huawei

Huawei Nova 7 SE

3.3
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Honor X10 Pro
Honor

Honor X10 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor X10
Honor

Honor X10

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor 30S
Honor

Honor 30S

3.8
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh