Apple A18 Pro vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 Pro with HiSilicon Kirin 950. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A18 Pro

Kirin 950

135741

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18 Pro

3571

Kirin 950

341

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18 Pro

9062

Kirin 950

1294

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	16 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP	10 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 pro GPU	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	6	4
Shaders	768	64
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS