HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Apple M4 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
Frequency
2600 MHz
4400 MHz
Cores
8
9
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.9
28
TDP
6 W
20 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Apple M4 GPU
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1598 MHz
Execution units
10
10
Shading units
36
128
Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
7500 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
120 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
2064 x 2752
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
May 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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38 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
2,713,488
Geekbench 6
835
3,767
Geekbench 6
2,132
14,677
FP32 (float)
518
4,090
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.