Product Compare
HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Apple A9
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister |
| Frequency | 2360 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 2 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 0 | 0 |
| Process | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistor count | 4 | 2 |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L3 cache | 0 | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-G71 MP8 | PowerVR GT7600 |
| GPU frequency | 1037 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 8 | 6 |
| Shading units | 16 | 32 |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.3 | 11 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 28.8 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Apple M9 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2048 x 1536 |
| Max camera resolution | 2x 16MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 450 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Oct 2016 | Sep 2015 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Hi3660 | APL1022 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 278916 | 285954 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 408 | 623 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 1385 | 957 |
| FP32 (float) | 265 | 249 |