Comparison of Apple A8X and HiSilicon Kirin 955 [S]ave
| Attribute |  Apple A8X × |  HiSilicon Kirin 955 × |
|---|---|---|
| General Information | ||
| Brand | Apple | HiSilicon |
| Series | Apple A series | HiSilicon Kirin |
| Model | Apple A8X | HiSilicon Kirin 955 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
| CPU Cores | 3 | 8 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| CPU Threads | 3 | 8 |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Hyperthreading | - | - |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| A core | 3x Typhoon | 4x Cortex-A72 |
| B core | - | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | - | 2.5 |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | - | 2.5 |
| Encryption | ||
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | ||
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | Decode |
| VP8 | No | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | No |
| VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | Decode | No |
| Internal Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A8X | ARM Mali-T880 MP4 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.45 | 0.9 |
| GPU (Turbo) (GHz) | - | 0.9 |
| Generation | 5 | 0 |
| DirectX Version | - | 11 |
| Execution units | 8 | 4 |
| Shader | 256 | 64 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 4 | - |
| Max. displays | 1 | 2 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2014 | 2016 |
| Memory And PCIe | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR3-1600 | LPDDR3LPDDR4 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 4 | - |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | ||
| Release date (year) | 2014 | 2016 |
| Technology (Nm) | 20 | 16 |
| Virtualization |
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| L3-Cache (MB) | 4 | - |
| L2-Cache (MB) | 2 | - |
| Architecture | A8X | ARM |
| Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | ||
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 8 | - |
| Benchmarks | ||
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 230 | 122 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 382 | 330 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,064 | 989 |
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