Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Apple A15 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 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
APL1W07
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores
8
6
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3230 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
15
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Apple A15 GPU
GPU frequency
759 MHz
1338 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
5
Shading units
64
128
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
-
12 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, VP8, VP9, 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
Kirin 9000
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2021 (October 2020 vs September 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Apple A15 Bionic
+84%
2333
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Apple A15 Bionic
+63%
5741
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9000
935199
Apple A15 Bionic
+39%
1302680
FP32 (float)
Kirin 9000
+42%
2354
Apple A15 Bionic
1661
SiliconCat Rating
44
Ranks 44 among all SOC on our website
15
Ranks 15 among all SOC on our website
Apple A15 Bionic
