Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
HiSilicon
Launch Date
September 2022
December 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1W10
Kirin 9020
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
Cores
6
8
Technology
4 nm
7 nm
Frequency
3460 MHz
2500 MHz
Transistor count
16
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv8-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
840 MHz
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
5
4
Shading units
128
-
Connectivity
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
16 MB
5 MB
L3 cache
-
10 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
-
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Da Vinci
TDP
8 W
-
Advantages
Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
Kirin 9020
- Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (September 2022 vs December 2024)
AnTuTu 10
Score
Apple A16 Bionic
+16%
1460161
Kirin 9020
1261005
Performance
CPU
Score
385813
355420
GPU
Score
464299
281302
Memory
Score
267354
409061
UX
Score
342695
215222
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Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+60%
2562
Kirin 9020
1600
Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+25%
6685
Kirin 9020
5367
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
48
Ranks 48 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9020
