Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
HiSilicon
Launch Date
September 2021
December 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1W07
Kirin 9020
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
7 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
2500 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
840 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
5
4
Shading units
128
-
Connectivity
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
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
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
12 MB
5 MB
L3 cache
-
10 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 3.1, 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
Da Vinci
TDP
6 W
-
Advantages
Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
Kirin 9020
- Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (September 2021 vs December 2024)
AnTuTu 10
Score
Apple A15 Bionic
+4%
1312081
Kirin 9020
1261005
Performance
CPU
Score
313015
355420
GPU
Score
436426
281302
Memory
Score
246404
409061
UX
Score
316236
215222
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Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+46%
2333
Kirin 9020
1600
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+7%
5741
Kirin 9020
5367
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
48
Ranks 48 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9020
