Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3230 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
15
6.9
TDP
6 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
5
10
Shading units
128
36
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3120 x 1440
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
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+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
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1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2021
Aug 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W07
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,290,037
583,410
Geekbench 6
2,333
835
Geekbench 6
5,741
2,132
FP32 (float)
1,712
518
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.