Apple A17 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown
6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 3 nm 5 nm
Number of transistors 19000 million 15300 million
TDP 8 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 7 Mali-G78 MP22
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 760 MHz
Execution units 6 22
Shaders 768 352
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2020 October
Partnumber APL1V02
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A17 Pro
1568389
Kirin 9000E 5G
737022

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A17 Pro
2939
Kirin 9000E 5G
1059

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A17 Pro
7414
Kirin 9000E 5G
3702