Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2024
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
A18
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 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 A18 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+178%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+116%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+61%
Kirin 9000S
923510
