Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V1203x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
3230 MHz
2620 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
15
-
TDP
6 W
7 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
750 MHz
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2021
Aug 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W07
Hi36A0

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,290,037
903,932
Geekbench 6
2,333
1,334
Geekbench 6
5,741
4,128
FP32 (float)
1,712
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