HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs Apple A15 Bionic

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: April 2024 (April 2024 vs September 2021)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (2300 MHz vs 3230 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Apple
April 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9010
Model Name
APL1W07
2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V1214x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V1216x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
12
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
2300 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 910
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.0
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Storage type
NVMe
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9010
1413
A15 Bionic
2333 +65%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9010
4560
A15 Bionic
5741 +26%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9010
959921
A15 Bionic
1315838 +37%