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Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 985 |
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Comparisons 11-03-2021 So, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks Apple A12 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 985, speed examination of GPUs Apple A12 Bionic and Mali-G77 MP8. This performance comparison includes two processors: A12 Bionic is gexa-core (Vortex) and Kirin 985 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table. From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in software tests such as PCMark, GFXBench, Vellamo, WebXPRT 3, PassMark, 3DMark, Octane V2, Quadrant, AnTuTu 8, Neocore, Mozilla Kraken, Geekbench, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3, Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat etc. After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy A12 Bionic or Kirin 985 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2.
Summary benchmark resultsAs a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors CPU Benchmark Based on Antutu and Geekbench scoreA12 Bionic | 30% |
Kirin 985 | 30% |
Battery life test Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)A12 Bionic | 72% |
Kirin 985 | 75% |
Gaming performance Which CPU is better for gamingA12 Bionic | 29% |
Kirin 985 | 29% |
Antutu v10, 9Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed | A12 Bionic |
Kirin 985 | Total score | 419987 | 423580 | CPU | 117593 | 118598 | GPU | 159589 | 160953 | MEM | 67188 | 67777 | UX | 75591 | 76252 |
GeekBench 6, 5.2This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | A12 Bionic |
Kirin 985 | Single-Core | 900 | 880 | Multi-Core | 2970 | 2995 |
Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory | A12 Bionic |
Kirin 985 | Frequency | 2490 MHz | 2580 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 | 1x2.58 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 3x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 4x1.84 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | Power consumption (TDP) | 6 W | 6 W | Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4x | Max. Memory | 12 Gb | 12 Gb | Memory Frequency | 2133 | 1600 | Memory bandwidth | 34.1 | 34.1 | 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 Kirin 985 is 3% better than A12 Bionic in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that A12 Bionic has 2 more core than Kirin 985. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.
GPU and MediaGPU | Apple A12 Bionic | Mali-G77 MP8 | GPU Frequency | 2500 MHz | 800 MHz | GFloPS | 586 | 628 | # of Cores | 4 | 8 | # 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 benchmarkFortnite Mobile | 27.4 | 27.6 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile) | 54.2 | 54.1 | Garena Free Fire - The Cobra | 56.3 | 56.2 | Call of Duty: Mobile | 40.9 | 41.2 | Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile) | 45.3 | 45.6 | Minecraft: Pocket Edition | 74.5 | 75.1 | Real Racing 3 | 84.5 | 98.4 | Sniper 3D | 107 | 106.8 | Need for Speed No Limits | 67.6 | 89.9 | Mortal Kombat X | 64.7 | 73.1 | CSR Racing 2 | 78.8 | 73.1 | 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.
CamerasCamera resolution | 12 MP | 32 MP | Dual Camera resolution | 12 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 NavigationModem | Intel XMM 7560 LTE | 21 | Download speed | 1000 MBit/s. | 1277 MBit/s. | Upload speed | 350 MBit/s. | 175 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: 17
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 985 is better: 21 You need to understand that you should not blindly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of joint comparison and hear 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 Comparisons • Vs Snapdragon 875 • Vs Snapdragon 750G • Vs A13 Bionic • 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 MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus • Vs Apple A12X Bionic • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 820 • Vs Samsung Exynos 9 9820 • Vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G • Vs Samsung Exynos 9825 • Vs HiSilicon Kirin 980 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G • Vs MediaTek Helio G95 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G • Vs MediaTek Helio G90 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 • Vs MediaTek Helio G90T • Vs HiSilicon Kirin 810 • Vs Unisoc Tiger T7510 • Vs Unisoc Tiger T7520 • Vs Samsung Exynos 980 • Vs MediaTek Helio G85 • Vs Samsung Exynos 9810 • Vs MediaTek Helio G80 • Vs Unisoc Tiger T618 • 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 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 MediaTek Helio G88 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 • Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula • Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula • Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus • Vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200 Max • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1300T • 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 1380 • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820 • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828 • Vs MediaTek Helio G99 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 • Vs Apple A16 Bionic • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Ultra • Vs Apple M2 • 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 Samsung Exynos 1330 • Vs Samsung Exynos 1380 • Vs Apple A17 Bionic • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7050 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020 • Vs MediaTek MT8188J • Vs Unisoc Tiger T820 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 • Vs Unisoc Tiger T760 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus • Vs Qualcomm QCM5430
Kirin 985 SoC Comparisons • Vs Snapdragon 875 • Vs Snapdragon 750G • Vs A13 Bionic • 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 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 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 MediaTek Helio G88 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 • Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula • Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula • Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus • Vs Mediatek Dimensity 1200 Max • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 1300T • 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 1380 • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820 • Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828 • Vs MediaTek Helio G99 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Ultra • 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 Samsung Exynos 1330 • Vs Samsung Exynos 1380 • Vs Apple A17 Bionic • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7050 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020 • Vs MediaTek MT8188J • Vs Unisoc Tiger T820 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080 • Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 • Vs Unisoc Tiger T760 • Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus • Vs Qualcomm QCM5430
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