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64

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Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip

29

Points
Hisilicon Kirin 970

Kirin 970
Overview - A16 Bionic chip Vs Kirin 970

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Kirin 970 SoCs by Apple and Hisilicon respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip 51
Kirin 970 13
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip 54
Kirin 970 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip 86
Kirin 970 64
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip 64
Kirin 970 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip Kirin 970
CPU 247110 77046
GPU 408357 90560
Memory 162944 66398
UX 146541 59977
Total score 964952 293981
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic

  • A16 Bionic chip has 46.61% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (3460 vs 2360 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 64.47% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (1398 vs 850 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 242.98% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (6400 vs 1866 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 60% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 970 (4 vs 10 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 228.24% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (965 K vs 294 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 970.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 1870
Kirin 970 390

Multi-Core Score

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A16 Bionic chip 5474
Kirin 970 1361

Image compression

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A16 Bionic chip 243.5
Kirin 970 76.9

Face detection

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A16 Bionic chip 46.4
Kirin 970 14

Speech recognition

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A16 Bionic chip 141.8
Kirin 970 24.5

Machine learning

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A16 Bionic chip 117.1
Kirin 970 21.8

Camera shooting

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A16 Bionic chip 54.3
Kirin 970 11.4

HTML 5

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A16 Bionic chip 5.9
Kirin 970 1.46

SQLite

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A16 Bionic chip 1430
Kirin 970 417.7

3DMark

51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
5%
Kirin 970
Stability 80%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR, HDR-10
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2360 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

45%
Base Frequency

1840 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
     4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73
    4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB 0.5 MB
  • L3 cache - 2 MB
  • Process 4 nm 10 nm
  • Transistor count 16 Billion 5.5 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 9 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali G72 MP12
  • Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 6 12
  • Shading units 768 192
  • FLOPS - 347 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.0
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Dedicated NPU
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes No
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 1200 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps -
  • 4G Upload Speed - 150 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 4.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A16 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic
CPU
51%
GPU
54%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Hisilicon Kirin 970

Hisilicon Kirin 970
CPU
13%
GPU
10%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
64%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 46.61% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 2360 MHz).

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 64.47% higher GPU clock speed (1398 MHz vs 850 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 242.98% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 1866 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A16 Bionic chip with a 60% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 10 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between A16 Bionic chip and Kirin 970?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A16 Bionic chip with a 228.24% better score (964952 vs 293981).