Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple A12Z Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Apple A12Z Bionic mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Apple
Launch Date
October 2020
March 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
APL1083
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
7 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
2500 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Apple A12Z GPU
GPU frequency
759 MHz
1340 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
64
Shading units
64
512
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
No
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
5
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 64 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
68.2 GB/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
8 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Max camera resolution
-
1x 12MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
Apple M12
TDP
6 W
15 W
Advantages
Kirin 9000
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3130 MHz (3130 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2020 (October 2020 vs March 2020)
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (44 Gbit/s vs 68.2 GB/s)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Apple A12Z Bionic
+4%
1322
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Apple A12Z Bionic
+32%
4642
FP32 (float)
Kirin 9000
+119%
2354
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
SiliconCat Rating
39
Ranks 39 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Apple A12Z Bionic
