Product Compare
Apple A9 vs HiSilicon Kirin 659
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Frequency | 1850 MHz | 2360 MHz |
| Cores | 2 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| L3 cache | 0 | |
| Process | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistor count | 2 | 4 |
| TDP | 5 W | |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | PowerVR GT7600 | Mali-T830 MP2 |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 16 |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 1333 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple M9 | No |
| Storage type | NVMe | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2048 x 1536 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 6 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 450 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2015 | Jan 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1022 | Hi6250 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 285954 | 103952 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 623 | 215 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 957 | 810 |
| FP32 (float) | 249 | 57 |