Apple A12 Bionic vs Huawei Kirin 9030
30.5CPU40
30.2GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
20AIspec-based66.9
41.8Efficiencyspec-based52
0 spec wins — Apple A12 Bionic5 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9030 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 9030
- Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 31
- 480% higher AI performance: 29 TOPS vs 5 TOPS
- 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
- 29% lower process: 5 nm vs 7 nm
- 10% higher Max clock: 2.75 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
General
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2018 | 2025 |
| Process | 7 nm | 5 nm+29% |
| TDP (typical) | 6 W | — |
| Architecture | Armv8.3 | ARM (ARMv8, Taishan V124 cores) |
CPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | 8+33% |
| Core configuration | 2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest | 1x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny |
| Max clock | 2.49 GHz | 2.75 GHz+10% |
GPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU (4-core) | HiSilicon Maleoon 935A |
AI
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | Neural Engine (8-core) | HiSilicon Ascend NPU |
| AI performance | 5 TOPS | 29 TOPS+480% |
Memory
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-2133 | LPDDR5X |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | — |
Connectivity
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | Retina XDR | — |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | — |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Huawei Kirin 9030 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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