HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple A14 Bionic

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Kirin 9000
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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Apple A14 Bionic mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
HiSilicon
Apple
Launch Date
October 2020
September 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
APL1W01
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores
8
6
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3100 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
11.8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.5-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Apple A14 GPU
GPU frequency
759 MHz
1278 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
4
Shading units
64
64
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
DirectX version
12
-

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
-
8 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
Neural Engine
TDP
6 W
6 W

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Kirin 9000
  • Higher Frequency: 3130 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3100 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2020 (October 2020 vs September 2020)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Apple A14 Bionic
+65% 2087
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Apple A14 Bionic
+37% 4820

AnTuTu 10

Kirin 9000
935199
Apple A14 Bionic
+15% 1072101

FP32 (float)

Kirin 9000
+249% 2354
Apple A14 Bionic
674

SiliconCat Rating

41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000
Apple A14 Bionic

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