Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 710F

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

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CPU A

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

CPU B

HiSilicon Kirin 710F

8 cores 2200 MHz 12 nanometers Mali-G51 MP4

Compared fields 41

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

Apple A12 Bionic

Higher maximum CPU clock
Smaller manufacturing process
Higher listed GPU clock
Higher listed download speed

HiSilicon Kirin 710F

More CPU cores

CPU

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	HiSilicon Kirin 710F
Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest	4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	2490 MHz	2200 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8-A
Process technology	7 nanometers	12 nanometers
Transistors	6.9 billion	5.5 billion
TDP	6 W	5 W

Cache and memory

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	HiSilicon Kirin 710F
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	6 GB

Graphics and AI

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	HiSilicon Kirin 710F
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	225 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 710F
Maximum display resolution	2688 x 1242	2340 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution	2x 12MP	1x 48MP, 2x 24MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	1K at 60FPS
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 Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3	AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	HiSilicon Kirin 710F
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 710F
Release	September 2018	January 2019
Class	Flagship	Mid range
Model number	APL1W81	Not available
Storage support	NVMe	eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

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