Apple M4 iPad vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad 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: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs August 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
HiSilicon
May 2024
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
M4 iPad
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
12
3 nm
Technology
14 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz
28
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
128
Shading units
-
10
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
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
20 W
TDP
7 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+214%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+297%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758
+200%
Kirin 9000S
923510
