Apple A17 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 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: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2023 vs August 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2023
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1V02
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 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
3780 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.2
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
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 processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
7 W

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +144%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +106%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153 +71%
Kirin 9000S
923510