Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 35
Quick factual highlights
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 2.3 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.18 GHz - TaiShan V1214x 1.55 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 6 12
Clock speed 3460 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 16 billion Not available
TDP 8 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
L1 cache 256 KB Not available
L2 cache 16 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 6 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
GPU Apple A16 GPU Maleoon 910
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Maleoon
GPU clock 1398 MHz 750 MHz
Execution units 5 Not available
Shaders 128 512
FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops 1536 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.0
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Apple Neural Engine Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
Maximum display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9010
Release September 2022 April 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 Hi36A0
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Devices in database 4 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

5G
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design
Huawei

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design

3.3
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 1008 × 2232 pixels (6…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5600 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Pro+
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Pro+

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5050 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Ultra

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Pro

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5050 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1256 × 2760 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4900 mAh