Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and HiSilicon Kirin 9010 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2024
Launch Date
April 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
A18
Model Name
Kirin 9010
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V1214x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V1216x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
12
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2300 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
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
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)
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
-
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+141%
Kirin 9010
1413
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+72%
Kirin 9010
4560
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+55%
Kirin 9010
959921
