Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G, comparison of GPUs Mali-G57 MP6 and Apple A12 Bionic.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: A12 Bionic is gexa-core (Vortex) and Kirin 820 5G is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications of the processors, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special testing software like 3DMark, PCMark, Vellamo, WebXPRT 3, Mozilla Kraken, PassMark, Neocore, Quadrant, Octane V2, GFXBench, AnTuTu, Geekbench, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Real Racing 3, Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG, Mortal Kombat etc.
   After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which chipset is better to buy A12 Bionic or Kirin 820 5G and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.

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

A12 Bionic

30%

Kirin 820 5G

26%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

A12 Bionic

72%

Kirin 820 5G

76%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

A12 Bionic

29%

Kirin 820 5G

25%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	A12 Bionic	Kirin 820 5G
Total score	419987	371861
CPU	117593	104122
GPU	159589	141298
MEM	67188	59497
UX	75591	66924

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	A12 Bionic	Kirin 820 5G
Single-Core	900	802
Multi-Core	2970	2727

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	A12 Bionic	Kirin 820 5G
Frequency	2490 MHz	2360 MHz
Cores	6	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	6900 millions
Core configuration	2x2.49GHz Vortex 4x1.6 GHz Tempest	1x2.36 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 3x2.22 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 3x1.84 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	12 Gb	12 Gb
Memory Frequency	2133	1600
Memory bandwidth	34.1	31.78
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A12 Bionic is 5% better than Kirin 820 5G in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A12 Bionic has 2 more core than Kirin 820 5G. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Apple A12 Bionic	Mali-G57 MP6
GPU Frequency	2500 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	586	846
# of Cores	4	6
# of Shader Units
Display	2688 x 1242 pixels	2560 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 Mobile	27.4	29.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	54.2	57.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	56.3	47.6
Call of Duty: Mobile	40.9	39.6
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	45.3	48.9
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	74.5	74.7
Real Racing 3	84.5	71.4
Sniper 3D	107	90.4
Need for Speed No Limits	67.6	66.6
Mortal Kombat X	64.7	54.7
CSR Racing 2	78.8	57.1

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 resolution	12 MP	48 MP
Dual Camera resolution	12 MP	24 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)	Apple ISP
Video Encoding FPS	960	60
Video Encoding resolution	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD	4K, 2K, FullHD
Codec support	Dolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9	H.264, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Intel XMM 7560 LTE	21
Download speed	1000 MBit/s.	7350 MBit/s.
Upload speed	350 MBit/s.	3400 MBit/s.
Navigation	Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	Yes	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Apple A12 Bionic is better: 26
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G is better: 14
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of joint comparison and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs think, as well as read the test results at the links below.

A12 Bionic SoC - all data

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

• A12 Bionic specs and review.

Kirin 820 5G SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 820 5G specs and review.