CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 710A
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
8 cores 2000 MHz 14 nanometers Mali-G51 MP4
Compared fields
42
Different values
37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 4x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 512 KB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 4 |
| Shaders | 256 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 83.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | No |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2340 x 1080 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | HiSilicon Kirin 710A |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | June 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | Not available |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 1 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
4G
Huawei Nova Y73
- 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
- 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
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