Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 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 2021
August 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1W07
Kirin 9000S
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
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
3230 MHz
2620 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
-
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
12 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, VP8, VP9, 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 A15 Bionic
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 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 2021 vs August 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+91%
2333
Kirin 9000S
1222
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+59%
5741
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+40%
1302680
Kirin 9000S
932745
SiliconCat Rating
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000S
