Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.285 GHz –3x 2.05 GHz –4x 1.3 GHz –
Frequency
4050 MHz
2285 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
840 MHz
Execution units
5
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Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
68.2 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
Da Vinci
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
May 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1V08
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📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
968,920
Geekbench 6
3,466
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Geekbench 6
8,592
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FP32 (float)
1,907
1,720