Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18
1605038
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU431354242171
GPU598981315801
Memory208837155272
UX365876188275
NanoReview Score1605038901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Testn/a36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression286.8 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 81 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 29 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3130
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15.3 billion
Power (TDP) 9 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 5 24
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 640 768
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine AI accelerator
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
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 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.

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