HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000S, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and Apple M3 (iPad)
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
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
823241
Apple M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU274900426842
GPU150777696454
Memory231760304514
UX165804386474
NanoReview Score8232411814284
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Graphics Test29 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression172.6 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 MP/sec13.4 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2620 4050
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 n/a
Architecture Maleoon n/a
GPU Frequency 750 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 1024 n/a
Vulkan 1.0 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 18 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 102.4 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 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
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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