Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A14 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
HiSilicon
Launch Date
September 2020
August 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1W01
Kirin 9000S
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
12
Technology
5 nm
14 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
2620 MHz
Transistor count
11.8
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
-
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
4
-
Shading units
64
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
TDP
6 W
7 W
Advantages
Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
Kirin 9000S
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (September 2020 vs August 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+71%
2087
Kirin 9000S
1222
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+33%
4820
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
+15%
1072101
Kirin 9000S
932745
SiliconCat Rating
18
Ranks 18 among all SOC on our website
41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000S
