HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (August 2023 vs June 2022)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (14 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (2620 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Apple
August 2023
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9000S
Model Name
APL1109
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1 4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710 6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
12
Cores
8
14 nm
Technology
5 nm
2620 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 910
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.2
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
-
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
7 W
TDP
15 W

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9000S
1222
M2 iPad
2633 +115%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9000S
3622
M2 iPad
9898 +173%