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Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

Apple A16 Bionic

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The Apple A16 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 14 Pro (2022) models. It offers 6 cores divided in two performance cores (codename Everest, up to 3.46 GHz) and four power-efficiency cores (codename Sawtooth, up to 2.02). According to Apple, the most improvements were made to the efficiency cores and the improved memory bandwidth (+50% thanks to LPDDR5). According to the die analysis from angstronomics, the e-core cluster still has the same 4 MB L2 cache, but the p-cores now offer 16 MB L2 cache. The SLC (System Level Cache) however seems to be reduced to 24 MB.

The Neural Engine still offers 16 cores and offers an increased performance of 17 TOPS (vs. 15.8 of the A15) for AI tasks. The integrated graphics engine still offers 5 cores and benefits mostly from the higher memory bandwidth. The new display engine supports adaptive refresh rates down to 1 Hz, the new always-on display, and improved anti-aliasing (for the dynamic island animations).

The CPU performance only shows small improvements to the last generation (Apple A15 Bionic). Still, the A16 is by far the fastest mobile CPU for smartphones and leaves e.g. the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 easily behind (in Geekbench 5.4 single- and multi-thread tests).

The chip is manufactured in the modern 4nm process at TSMC and integrates nearly 16 billion transistors (compared to the 15.8 billion of the A15 and 11.8 of the A14). Apple emphasized on efficiency and e.g. mentioned 20% power savings for the big performance cores and class-leading efficiency of the e-cores.

HiSilicon Kirin 820

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The HiSilicon Kirin 820 is a ARM-based mid-range Octa-Core-SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It was announced mid 2020 and contains 8 processor cores. One fast ARM Cortex-A76 core with up to 2.36 GHz, three addition A76 cores at up to 2.22 (as the old Kirin 810) and four efficiency Cortex-A55 cores at up to 1.88 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a 5G modem and a fast mid-range ARM Mali-G57 MP6 graphics card. For AI acceleration, the Kirin 820 integrates a DaVinci NPU.

The performance of the CPU part in our tests was slightly higher than the old Kirin 810 (thanks to the fast performance core). Huawei advertises 27% performance advantage for the CPU. The NPU and GPU have bigger performance gains with 73% and 38% more power.

The chip should also integrate Bluetooth 5 and WiFi 6.

The SoC is manufactured in the modern 7nm process at TSMC and therefore should be very energy efficient.

ModelApple A16 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 820
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesHiSilicon
CodenameCreteCortex-A76/-A55
Clock2020 - 3460 MHz1840 - 2360 MHz
L2 Cache20 MB
L3 Cache24 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Transistors16000 Million
Technology4 nm7 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal ProcessorARM Mali-G52 MP6 GPU, 1x Cortex-A76 up to 2.36 GHz, 3x A76 nup to 2.2 GHz, 4x A55 up to 1.84 GHz, big.LITTLE, 5G TDD/FDD, Bluetooth 5, WiFi 6, AGPS, Glonass, Baidou
iGPUApple A16 GPU 5-CoreARM Mali-G57 MP6
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Series: Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820 « 1.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e compare1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 810 compare1.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 compare - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Manufacturerwww.hisilicon.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 820
0.9 pt (67%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
41610 Points (35%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
4642 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
4637 Points (53%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 A16 +
min: 2465     avg: 2576     median: 2597.5 (70%)     max: 2644 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 A16 +
min: 6019     avg: 6576     median: 6680.5 (26%)     max: 6923 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 1878     avg: 1882     median: 1883 (79%)     max: 1885 Points
642 Points (27%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A16 +
min: 4688     avg: 5273     median: 5433 (10%)     max: 5538 Points
2434 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3113 Points (31%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
9860 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
4235 Points (34%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5223 Points (47%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
17014 Points (33%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
7277 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
9969 Points (26%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A16 +
min: 450.2     avg: 475.4     median: 472.6 (1%)     max: 506 ms
2254 ms (3%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A16 +
min: 55.7     avg: 56.2     median: 56.2 (1%)     max: 56.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
A16 +
min: 68554     avg: 72639     median: 73142.5 (64%)     max: 75718 Points
19727 Points (17%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A16 +
min: 201     avg: 201.5     median: 201.5 (58%)     max: 202 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
A16 +
min: 286     avg: 288.3     median: 287.5 (60%)     max: 292 Points
115 Points (24%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
68406 Points (57%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
52226 Points (42%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
117476 Points (22%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
131099 Points (47%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
369207 Points (36%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 A16 +
min: 949107     avg: 1066570     median: 971870 (59%)     max: 1373450 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 A16 +
min: 245636     avg: 275383     median: 246294 (67%)     max: 363306 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A16 +
10812 Points (1%)
238069 Points (31%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
8006 Points (42%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
22692 Points (48%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
9527 Points (62%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
13099 Points (66%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 A16 +
min: 1260     avg: 1307     median: 1329 (51%)     max: 1332 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A16 +
min: 3.48     avg: 3.9     median: 3.6 (2%)     max: 4.85 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A16 +
min: 0.776     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (1%)     max: 0.943 Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple A16 Bionic → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 820 → 408% n=6

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)