Apple M1 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 (iPad), vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 (iPad) and HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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 M1 (iPad)
1795997
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU479517351356
GPU777678288768
Memory194372443211
UX334430211533
NanoReview Score17959971294877
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test102 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression326.3 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser176 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering224.2 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur31.9 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing70 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection192 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR283 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.65 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
- 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 10 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 14 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M1 GPU Maleoon 920
Architecture Apple GPU Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 8 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 2617 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Da Vinci
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.25 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Balong 6000
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2020 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1102 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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