Apple A9 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2860 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
8
TDP
5 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency
650 MHz
600 MHz
Execution units
6
16
Shading units
32
36
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Da Vinci
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3360 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
-
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 19
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
695,853
Geekbench 6
623
990
Geekbench 6
957
3,179
FP32 (float)
249
691