Apple A18 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 465726 | 351356 |
| GPU | 721738 | 288768 |
| Memory | 250875 | 443211 |
| UX | 375110 | 211533 |
| NanoReview Score | 1813449 | 1294877 |
| File Compression | 300.1 MB/s | 203.6 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 193.3 pages/s | 144.6 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 215.2 MP/sec | 162.6 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 39.2 frames/s | 16.1 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 90.3 frames/s | 51.8 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 322.7 frames/s | 91.2 frames/s |
| HDR | 294.3 MP/sec | 138.7 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 9.08 MP/sec | 6.36 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest - 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
- 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121 - 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120 - 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little |
| Process | TSMC | SMIC |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4050 | 2500 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 10 MB |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 10 W | n/a |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A18 Pro GPU | Maleoon 920 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | Maleoon |
| GPU Frequency | 1490 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Execution Units | 6 | 4 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shader | 768 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 2289 GFLOPS | 1720.3 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 2.0 |
| DirectX | n/a | 12 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Neural Engine | Da Vinci |
| GPU Frequency | 35 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 3750 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 68.2 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
| Max. resolution | n/a | 3840x2160 pixels |
| Camera | 1x48 pixels | n/a |
| Video recording | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| 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
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 | Balong 6000 |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | n/a |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 MB/s | n/a |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 MB/s | n/a |
| Wi-Fi version | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
Other
| Announced | September, 2024 yr | November, 2024 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1V07 | n/a |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 2
