Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Hisilicon Kirin 9000
We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced
A15 Bionic Chip vs Kirin 9000
SoCs, designed by
Apple and Hisilicon respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and
limitations of these
6-core and 8-core
processors, focusing on
their performance across
Geekbench, Antutu, and
3DMark benchmarks, and
technical aspects.
Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption,
and other
indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in
leading benchmarks.
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O
capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU
209204
194527
GPU
351594
280796
Memory
118044
146761
UX
130276
140303
Total score
809118
762387
GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and
multithreaded CPU
performance
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics
performance in Vulkan
(Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability
82%
54%
Graphics test
56 FPS
36 FPS
Score
9524
6040
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity
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Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
Cores
6
8
Base Frequency
2020MHz
2050MHz
Turbo Frequency
3230MHz
3130MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
256 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
32 MB
0.512 MB
L3 cache
-
4 MB
Process
5 nanometers
4 nanometers
Transistor count
15 billion
15.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
6 W
4 W
GPU name
Apple GPU
Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture
-
Valhall 2
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
760 MHz
Pipelines
5
24
Shading units
640
384
Total shaders
1280
768
FLOPS
-
1076 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2
DirectX version
-
12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
AI accelerator
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Max size
6 GB
16 GB
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Modem
-
Balong 5000
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed 5G
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7168 Mbps
Download speed 4G
-
-
Upload speed 5G
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 4G
-
-
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
