Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 650

Let's find out which one of Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 650 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Apple A16 Bionic HiSilicon Kirin 650
• Family
  Apple A series HiSilicon Kirin
• CPU group
  Apple A16 HiSilicon Kirin 650
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  16 4
• Predecessor
  Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) --

In this block we are going to compare Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 650 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 650 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) ARM Mali-T830 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  160 2
• Shader
  1280 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  13 Midgard 4
• Technology
  4 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q4/2015

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 650. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 650 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR3-933
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Apple A16 Bionic or HiSilicon Kirin 650? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  8.5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 650 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  4 nm 16 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  A16 Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q2/2016