Apple A15 Bionic
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2750 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2021 vs November 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2021
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1W07
Model Name
Kirin 9030 Pro
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
7 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2750 MHz
15
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
-
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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, UFS 4.1
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
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +36%
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933 +3%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744 +36%