Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Kirin 9020

1598

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Kirin 9020

5114

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Number of cores	4	12
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
TDP	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	HUAWEI Da Vinci

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Maleoon 920
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	1024
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.3

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) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS