Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 970 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 0.3318 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 29.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2360MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (8W vs 9W)
Released 5 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+304%
1441069
HiSilicon Kirin 970
355946
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
+440%
1789
HiSilicon Kirin 970
331
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
3460 MHz
Frequency
2360 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
16 MB
L2 cache
2 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
10 nm
16
Transistor count
5.5
8 W
TDP
9 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP12
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
768 MHz
5
Execution units
12
128
Shading units
18
6
Max size
8
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3318 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1200 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Sep 2017
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
Hi3670
