Apple A18 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs August 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2024
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
A18 Pro
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
12
3 nm
Technology
14 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Maleoon 910
-
GPU frequency
750 MHz
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+179%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+151%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+114%
Kirin 9000S
923510
