Apple M2 iPad vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3490 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
20
6.9
TDP
15 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
8
10
Shading units
128
36
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
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Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3120 x 1440
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
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1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Jun 2022
Aug 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1109
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
583,410
Geekbench 6
2,623
835
Geekbench 6
9,803
2,132
FP32 (float)
2,918
518
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.