HiSilicon Kirin 925 vs Apple A6
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Apple A6 | |
CPU comparisonHiSilicon Kirin 925 or Apple A6 - 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 HiSilicon Kirin 925 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 was released in Q3/2014. The Apple A6 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A6 was released in Q3/2012. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin (29) | Family | Apple A series (22) |
| HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) | CPU group | Apple A6/A6X (2) |
| 2 | Generation | 6 |
| Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 | Architecture | A6 |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | Apple A5 |
| -- | Successor | Apple A7 |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe HiSilicon Kirin 925 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The Apple A6 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Characteristic | Apple A6 |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 8 | Threads | 2 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A15 |
A-Core | 1.30 GHz 2x Swift |
| 1.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A7 |
B-Core | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The 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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| ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) |
| 0.60 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.27 GHz |
| 0.60 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| Midgard 2 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 32nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| 1 | Max. displays | 1 |
| 4 | Compute units | 6 |
| 64 | Shader | 48 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 11 | DirectX Version | 10 |
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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| ARM Mali-T628 MP4 | GPU | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | No |
| No | Codec VC-1 | No |
| No | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe HiSilicon Kirin 925 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A6 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Characteristic | Apple A6 |
| LPDDR3-1600 | Memory | LPDDR2-1066 |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| -- | Max. Bandwidth | 8.5 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| -- | L3 Cache | -- |
| -- | PCIe version | -- |
| -- | PCIe lanes | -- |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a TDP of --, that of the Apple A6 is --. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Characteristic | Apple A6 |
| -- | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | -- |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Apple A6 cache has a total of 1.00 MB. |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Characteristic | Apple A6 |
| 28 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Chiplet |
| Armv7-A (32 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | -- |
| -- | Socket | -- |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| No | AES-NI | No |
| Android | Operating systems | iOS |
| Q3/2014 | Release date | Q3/2012 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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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HiSilicon Kirin 925
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Apple A6
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) @ 0.27 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| HiSilicon Kirin 925 | Apple A6 |
| Unknown | Apple iPhone 5 Apple iPhone 5C |
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