Apple A19
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A19
and
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 7 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2500 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 2500 MHz)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2025
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
A19
Model Name
Kirin 9020
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
6
Cores
8
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
7 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Maleoon 920
-
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
Execution units
4
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
5.2
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
-
Memory type
LPDDR5
-
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
4 MB
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559
+116%
Kirin 9020
1648
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710
+61%
Kirin 9020
5420
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578
+55%
Kirin 9020
1236035
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2130
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
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