Apple A5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
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CPU comparisonApple A5 or HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Apple A5 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple A5 was released in Q1/2011. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.86 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G was released in Q3/2019. |
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| Apple A series (22) | Family | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| Apple A5/A5X (2) | CPU group | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3) |
| 5 | Generation | 8 |
| A5 | Architecture | Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| Apple A6 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Apple A5 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.86 GHz. |
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| Apple A5 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 2 | Threads | 8 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 1.00 GHz 2x Cortex-A9 |
A-Core | 2.86 GHz 2x Cortex-A76 |
| -- | B-Core | 2.09 GHz 2x Cortex-A76 |
| -- | C-Core | 1.86 GHz 4x Cortex-A55 |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningProcessors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor. |
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| Apple A5 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| -- | AI hardware | HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 |
| -- | AI specifications | Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | GPU | ARM Mali-G76 MP16 |
| 0.20 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.60 GHz |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| -- | GPU Generation | Bifrost 3 |
| 32 nm | Technology | 7 nm |
| 1 | Max. displays | 2 |
| 4 | Compute units | 16 |
| 32 | Shader | 256 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB |
| 10 | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos. |
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| PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | GPU | ARM Mali-G76 MP16 |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Apple A5 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. |
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| Apple A5 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| LPDDR2-800 | Memory | LPDDR4X-2133 |
| 1 GB | Max. Memory | 8 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| 6.4 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | -- |
| No | ECC | No |
| 1.00 MB | L2 Cache | -- |
| -- | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A5 has a TDP of --, that of the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is 6 W. |
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| Apple A5 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 6 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Apple A5 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G cache has a total of 2.00 MB. |
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| Apple A5 | Characteristic | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| 32 nm | Technology | 7 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv7-A (32 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | -- |
| -- | Socket | -- |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| iOS | Operating systems | Android |
| Q1/2011 | Release date | Q3/2019 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple A5
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Apple A5
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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Apple A5
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) @ 0.20 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Apple A5
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Apple A5
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Apple A5 | HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G |
| Apple iPhone 4S Apple iPad 2 |
Huawei Mate 30 Pro |
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