HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
vs
Apple A18 Pro
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
and
Apple A18 Pro
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 2024)
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (2750 MHz vs 3890 MHz)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Apple
November 2025
Launch Date
September 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9030 Pro
Model Name
A18 Pro
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2750 MHz
Frequency
3890 MHz
GPU Specifications
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
-
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
A18 Pro
3408
+98%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
A18 Pro
9092
+53%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744
A18 Pro
1977119
+11%
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