Comparing Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

description_compare HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G and Apple A12 Bionic

• Name
  HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Apple A12 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Apple A series
• Generation
  8 12
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 990 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A11 Bionic
• Successor
  -- Apple A13 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.95 GHz 1.59 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.36 GHz 2.49 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 2x Vortex
• B core
  2x Cortex-A76 4x Tempest
• C core
  4x Cortex-A55 --

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP14 Apple A12
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  14 4
• Shader
  224 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 9
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2018

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 1

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 6 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 A12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2018

• Used in
  Unknown Apple iPhone XRApple iPhone XSApple iPhone XS MaxApple iPad mini (5. Gen)Apple iPad Air (3. Gen)