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Apple A13 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980 benchmark which processor is better

A13 Bionic vs Kirin 980

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests Apple A13 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 980, comparison of GPUs Mali-G76 MP18 and Apple A13 Bionic.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: A13 Bionic is gexa-core (Icestorm) and Kirin 980 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A thorough analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications like Neocore, Vellamo, PCMark, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, GeekBench 6, 5, AnTuTu, Octane V2, Quadrant, PassMark, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat, Real Racing 3, Sniper 3D, Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG, Fortnite etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which SoCs is better to buy A13 Bionic or Kirin 980 and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits, CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9.

 
Apple A13 Bionic
HiSilicon Kirin 980

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score
A13 Bionic37% Kirin 98025%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)
A13 Bionic73% Kirin 98071%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming
A13 Bionic35% Kirin 98022%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed
A13 Bionic Kirin 980
Total score521807354810
CPU14610899354
GPU198279134833
MEM8349156759
UX9392263863

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance
A13 Bionic Kirin 980
Single-Core1111765
Multi-Core34442602

Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory
A13 Bionic Kirin 980
Frequency2660 MHz2600 MHz
Cores68
Bit6464
Lithography7 nm7 nm
Transistors count8500 millions
Core configuration2x2.66 GHz Icestorm
4x1.6 GHz Firestorm
2x2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)6 W6 W
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR4x
Max. Memory16 Gb8 Gb
Memory Frequency42661600
Memory bandwidth31.78
Neural Processor (NPU)YesYes
L1 cache48 KB512 KB
L2 cache4 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)ARMv8.3-AARMv8-A
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A13 Bionic is 2% better than Kirin 980 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A13 Bionic has 2 more core than Kirin 980. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media
GPUApple A13 BionicMali-G76 MP18
GPU Frequency2600 MHz950 MHz
GFloPS786581.14
# of Cores418
# of Shader Units
Display2688 x 1242 pixels2560 x 1600 pixels
The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark
Fortnite Mobile62.627.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)56.554.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra62.958.2
Call of Duty: Mobile62.140.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)50.746.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition76.474.3
Real Racing 3125.887.3
Sniper 3D138.493.1
Need for Speed No Limits88.193.1
Mortal Kombat X100.666.9
CSR Racing 281.869.8
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras
Camera resolution12 MP32 MP
Dual Camera resolution12 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)Apple ISP
Video Encoding FPS96060
Video Encoding resolution4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD4K, 2K, FullHD
Codec supportDolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9H.264, H.265/HEVC


Networks and Navigation
ModemIntel XMM 7660 LTE21
Download speed1600 MBit/s.1400 MBit/s.
Upload speed225 MBit/s.900 MBit/s.
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeidouGPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC supportYesNo
5G supportYesNo


Result:
The number of parameters for which Apple A13 Bionic is better: 30
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 980 is better: 11
   You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel testing and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs think, as well as read the test results at the links below.
A13 Bionic SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
Kirin 980 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile


A13 Bionic SoC Comparisons
• Vs Snapdragon 875
• Vs Snapdragon 750G
• Vs Dimensity 1000L
• Vs A14 Bionic
• Vs Snapdragon 865
• Vs Snapdragon 865 Plus
• Vs Exynos 2100
• Vs A12X Bionic
• Vs Exynos 1080
• Vs Kirin 9000E
• Vs Kirin 9000
• Vs Snapdragon 888
• Vs A12Z Bionic
• Vs Exynos 990
• Vs Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Vs Kirin 990 5G
• Vs Kirin 990E
• Vs Dimensity 1000C
• Vs Kirin 985
• Vs A12 Bionic
• Vs Dimensity 820
• Vs Exynos 9 9820
• Vs Kirin 820 5G
• Vs Exynos 9825
• Vs Snapdragon 768G
• Vs Dimensity 800
• Vs Snapdragon 690 5G
• Vs Snapdragon 855 Plus
• Vs Dimensity 800U
• Vs Dimensity 720 5G
• Vs Helio G95
• Vs Snapdragon 765G
• Vs Snapdragon 855
• Vs Snapdragon 732G
• Vs Helio G90
• Vs Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs Helio G90T
• Vs Tiger T710
• Vs Kirin 810
• Vs Tiger T7510
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2000
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 775G
• Vs Apple M1
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 900
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Pro
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 898
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 895
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200 Max
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1300T
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1300
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1280
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000L
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 930
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 800T
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1380
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828
• Vs MediaTek Helio G99
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs Google Tensor G2
• Vs Apple A15 Bionic
• Vs Apple A16 Bionic
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Ultra
• Vs Apple M2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdargon 782G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200
• Vs Qualcomm QCM6490
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS7230
• Vs Qualcomm QCS6490
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1330
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1380
• Vs Apple A17 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7200
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T820
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T760
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030
• Vs Qualcomm QCM5430
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 8000
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6300
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7025
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7300
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra


Kirin 980 SoC Comparisons
• Vs Snapdragon 875
• Vs Snapdragon 750G
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T710
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 600 5G
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2100
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
• Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• Vs Apple A14 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
• Vs Samsung Exynos 990
• Vs Apple A12 Bionic
• Vs Apple A12X Bionic
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2000
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 775G
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 900
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G88
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
• Vs Unisoc T740 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1280
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000L
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 930
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 800T
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828
• Vs MediaTek Helio G99
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdargon 782G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200
• Vs Qualcomm QCM6490
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS7230
• Vs Qualcomm QCS6490
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1330
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1380
• Vs Apple A17 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020
• Vs MediaTek MT8188J
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T820
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T760
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6300
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