Apple A9 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2620MHz HiSilicon Kirin 9000S . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 7W)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (44GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2620MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
+216%
903932
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
+114%
1334
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
+331%
4128
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
1850 MHz
Frequency
2620 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
7 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
7 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Maleoon 910
650 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
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-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
-
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
Balong 5000
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Aug 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
Hi36A0
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