Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A773x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A774x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3230 MHz
3130 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
5 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
15
15.3
TDP
6 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G78 MP24
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
759 MHz
Execution units
5
24
Shading units
128
64
Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
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2.0
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
AI accelerator
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2021
Oct 2020
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W07
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,290,037
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Geekbench 6
2,333
1,266
Geekbench 6
5,741
3,529
FP32 (float)
1,712
2,331
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.