Apple M4 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) 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 M4 (iPad)
2797277
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU763066242171
GPU1167582315801
Memory430483155272
UX436146188275
NanoReview Score2797277901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Testn/a36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression577.3 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 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 - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 3130
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 15.3 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 10 24
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 1280 768
FLOPS 4090 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 Apple Neural Engine AI accelerator
GPU Frequency 38 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 44 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 3.1
Max. resolution 2064x2752 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
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 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 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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