Apple A17 Pro
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2750 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2023 vs November 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2023
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
APL1V02
Model Name
Kirin 9030 Pro
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
Architecture
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2750 MHz

GPU Specifications

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

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
6.0
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +73%
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +26%
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744 +13%