Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (September 2021 vs August 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2021
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1W07
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
12
5 nm
Technology
14 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
7 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+91%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+59%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+42%
Kirin 9000S
923510
