Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Apple
Launch Date
October 2020
June 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
APL1109
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3500 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
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GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
759 MHz
1398 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
-
Shading units
64
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.2
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
-
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
-
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
16 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
-
TDP
6 W
15 W
Advantages
Apple M2 iPad
- Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: June 2022 (October 2020 vs June 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Apple M2 iPad
+108%
2633
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Apple M2 iPad
+180%
9898
FP32 (float)
Kirin 9000
2354
Apple M2 iPad
+23%
2889
SiliconCat Rating
39
Ranks 39 among all SOC on our website
5
Ranks 5 among all SOC on our website
Apple M2 iPad
