Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 710F vs Apple A12 Bionic

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CPU A

HiSilicon Kirin 710F

8 cores 2200 MHz 12 nanometers Mali-G51 MP4

CPU B

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 41

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

HiSilicon Kirin 710F

More CPU cores

Apple A12 Bionic

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

CPU

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

Cache and memory

Specification	HiSilicon Kirin 710F	Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	8 MB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory bus	2x 32 Bit	1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	Not available	34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	6 GB	12 GB

Graphics and AI

Specification	HiSilicon Kirin 710F	Apple A12 Bionic
GPU	Mali-G51 MP4	Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture	Bifrost	Not available
GPU clock	1000 MHz	1125 MHz
Execution units	4	32
Shaders	64	256
FLOPS	225 Gigaflops	560 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.0	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
DirectX	12	12
Neural processor / NPU	No	Yes

Display and media

Specification	HiSilicon Kirin 710F	Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	2340 x 1080	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 24MP	2x 12MP
Video capture	1K at 60FPS	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, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

Specification	HiSilicon Kirin 710F	Apple A12 Bionic
4G	LTE Cat. 12	LTE Cat. 18
5G	No	No
Download speed	Up to 600 Mbps	Up to 1000 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

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

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