Apple A12 Bionic vs Huawei Kirin 9010S
30.5CPU—
30.2GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
20AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based—
0 spec wins — Apple A12 Bionic1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9010S
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9010S 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?
General
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2018 | 2025 |
| Process | 7 nm | — |
| TDP (typical) | 6 W | — |
| Architecture | Armv8.3 | — |
CPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | — |
| Core configuration | 2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest | — |
| Max clock | 2.49 GHz | — |
GPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU (4-core) | — |
AI
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | Neural Engine (8-core) | — |
| AI performance | 5 TOPS | — |
Memory
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-2133 | — |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | — |
Connectivity
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | Intel XMM 7560 LTE (external) | — |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 6.0 |
Media
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | Retina XDR | — |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | — |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9010S |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | 720,000 | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,100Top 46% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 2,800Bottom 48% | — |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,450Bottom 37% | — |
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