Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with HiSilicon Kirin 9000 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A18

Kirin 9000 5G

762886

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Kirin 9000 5G

1062

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Kirin 9000 5G

3724

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors		15300 million
TDP	9 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Mali-G78 MP24
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	760 MHz
Execution units	5	24
Shaders	640	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC