Apple A18 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4050 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
0
L3 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
TDP
10 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
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6.9
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
6
10
Shading units
128
36
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
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3120 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Aug 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V07
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,890,277
583,410
Geekbench 6
3,582
835
Geekbench 6
9,089
2,132
FP32 (float)
2,289
518
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.