Apple M2 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Apple M2 (iPad), vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M2 (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 M2 (iPad)
2188966
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU547920351356
GPU915149288768
Memory363648443211
UX362249211533
NanoReview Score21889661294877
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Stability74 %n/a
Graphics Test118 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression375.1 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser220.6 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering249.8 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur41.1 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing99.3 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection226.5 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR325.7 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
- 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 3490 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 10 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 20 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 20 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M2 GPU Maleoon 920
Architecture Apple GPU Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 8 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 2918 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 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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
- 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. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3000 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 June, 2022 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1109 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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