Mobile processor comparison

Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9020
Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little
CPU cores 6 12
Clock speed 3460 MHz 2500 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 9020
L1 cache 256 KB Not available
L2 cache 16 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
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 9020
GPU Apple A16 GPU Maleoon 920
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Maleoon
GPU clock 1398 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units 5 Not available
Shaders 128 512
FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops 1720.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.3
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Apple Neural Engine Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9020
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 9020
4G LTE Cat. 24 Not available
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9020
Release September 2022 November 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 Not available
Storage support NVMe 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 9020

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.