Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
  • More CPU cores
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A53 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2000 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 14 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors Not available 16 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 16 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Bifrost Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 1000 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 4 5
Shaders 64 128
FLOPS 83.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU No Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2340 x 1080 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP 1x 48MP
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 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 6
Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 710AApple A16 Bionic
Release June 2020 September 2022
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number Not available APL1W10
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 1 4
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 A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh