Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Apple A11 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 32
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
  • More CPU cores
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A53 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2000 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 14 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Bifrost Not available
GPU clock 1000 MHz Not available
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 64 Not available
FLOPS 83.2 Gigaflops 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU No Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2340 x 1080 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 12
5G No No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 5
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A11 Bionic
Release June 2020 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number Not available APL1W72
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 1 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 710A

4G
Huawei Nova Y73
Huawei

Huawei Nova Y73

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1604 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6620 mAh
4G
Huawei Enjoy 70
Huawei

Huawei Enjoy 70

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 720 × 1600 pixels (6.75…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 6000 mAh

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh