HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
vs
Apple A14 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro and Apple A14 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs September 2020)
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (2750 MHz vs 3100 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Apple
November 2025
Launch Date
September 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9030 Pro
Model Name
APL1W01
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
2750 MHz
Frequency
3100 MHz
-
Transistor count
11.8

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
4
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
-
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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TDP
6 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
A14 Bionic
2087 +22%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933 +23%
A14 Bionic
4820
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744 +65%
A14 Bionic
1082930