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Apple A6 vs HiSilicon Kirin 620

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 620

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The HiSilicon Kirin 620 is an ARM-based octa core SoC for mid-range smartphones. It was announced at the end of 2014 and features eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 1.2 GHz (max.). Furthermore, the processor integrates a ARM Mali-450 MP4 graphics card, an LPDDR3 memory controller, an LTE Cat.4 modem, 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. The chip is manufactured in 28nm and relatively power efficient.

ModelApple A6HiSilicon Kirin 620
SeriesApple
Series: Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
JLQ JR510 compare1.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 935 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 659 compare2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 compare2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 compare2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 650 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 930 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 « 1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads28 / 8
Technology32 nm28 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameCortex-A53
FeaturesARMv8-ISA, Mali-450 MP4, LTE (Cat. 4), LPDDR3 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-450 MP4

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
min: 6531     avg: 6885     median: 6884.5 (6%)     max: 7238 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
min: 6434     avg: 6917     median: 6916.5 (6%)     max: 7399 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 6861     avg: 7534     median: 7533.5 (6%)     max: 8206 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2151     avg: 2453     median: 2452.5 (4%)     max: 2754 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 541     avg: 565     median: 564.5 (8%)     max: 588 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
166 MFLOPS (6%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
52 MFLOPS (5%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
min: 15866     avg: 17376     median: 17375.5 (20%)     max: 18885 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
min: 1373     avg: 1680     median: 1679.5 (18%)     max: 1986 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1857     avg: 2170     median: 2170 (2%)     max: 2483 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
907 Points (24%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1104 Points (25%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1146 Points (15%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
min: 30558     avg: 32403     median: 32402.5 (33%)     max: 34247 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
3717 Points (19%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 620 → 68% n=6

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)