Apple A16 Bionic
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (September 2022 vs December 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2022
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1W10
Model Name
Kirin 9020
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 920
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
4
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

16 MB
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +55%
Kirin 9020
1648
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +23%
Kirin 9020
5420
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +15%
Kirin 9020
1236035