Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (September 2022 vs August 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2022
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1W10
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
12
4 nm
Technology
14 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
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
8 W
TDP
7 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
+110%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
+85%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
+54%
Kirin 9000S
923510
