Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A16 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 2022
August 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1W10
Kirin 9000S
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
12
Technology
4 nm
14 nm
Frequency
3460 MHz
2620 MHz
Transistor count
16
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
-
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
16 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
-
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
8 W
7 W
Advantages
Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
Kirin 9000S
- Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (September 2022 vs August 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+110%
2562
Kirin 9000S
1222
Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
+85%
6685
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+51%
1406969
Kirin 9000S
932745
SiliconCat Rating
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
46
Ranks 46 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000S
