Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple A16 Bionic
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
- 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
44
Ranks 44 among all SOC on our website
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
Apple A16 Bionic
