HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple A16 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 A16 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 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
APL1W10
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores
8
6
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3460 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
16
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Apple A16 GPU
GPU frequency
759 MHz
1398 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2796 x 1290
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1.7894 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
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
-
16 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP
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
8 W

Advantages

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (October 2020 vs September 2022)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Apple A16 Bionic
+102% 2562
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Apple A16 Bionic
+89% 6685

AnTuTu 10

Kirin 9000
935199
Apple A16 Bionic
+50% 1406969

FP32 (float)

Kirin 9000
+33% 2354
Apple A16 Bionic
1770

SiliconCat Rating

41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
11
Ranks 11 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000
Apple A16 Bionic

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