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Apple A19
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

Apple A19
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 and HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
  • Higher Technology: 7 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2750 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 2750 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2025 vs November 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2025
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
A19
Model Name
Kirin 9030 Pro
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
6
Cores
8
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
7 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
2750 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
-
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559 +107%
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710 +47%
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578 +7%
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744

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