Apple A12 Bionic vs Huawei Kirin 8000
30.5CPU30.7
30.2GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
20AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based20
1 spec wins — Apple A12 Bionic2 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 8000
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 8000 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the Apple A12 Bionic
No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.
Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 8000
- 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
General
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2018 | 2023 |
| Process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (typical) | 6 W | — |
| Architecture | Armv8.3 | — |
CPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | 8+33% |
| Core configuration | 2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest | 1x2.4 GHz + 3x2.19 GHz + 4x1.84 GHz |
| Max clock | 2.49 GHz+4% | 2.4 GHz |
GPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU (4-core) | — |
AI
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | Neural Engine (8-core) | — |
| AI performance | 5 TOPS | — |
Memory
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-2133 | — |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | — |
Connectivity
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | Intel XMM 7560 LTE (external) | — |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 | — |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | — |
Media
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | Retina XDR | — |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | — |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 8000 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | 720,000 | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,100Top 43% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 2,800Bottom 50% | — |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,450Bottom 46% | — |
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