HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
Apple A15 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs September 2021)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3230 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Apple
December 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9020
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
840 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
4
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

5 MB
L2 Cache
12 MB
10 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9020
1648
A15 Bionic
2333 +42%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9020
5420
A15 Bionic
5741 +6%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9020
1236035
A15 Bionic
1315838 +6%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple A15 Bionic
3859