Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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 980
591752
CPU431354193866
GPU598981159831
Memory208837114872
UX365876123183
NanoReview Score1605038591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression286.8 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 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-G76 MP10
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 5 10
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 640 240
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 345.6 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 Yes
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution n/a 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr August, 2018 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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