Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with HiSilicon Kirin 960. 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 960

253892

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Kirin 960

382

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Kirin 960

1544

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 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		4000 million
TDP	9 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Mali-G71 MP8
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	5	8
Shaders	640	128
DirectX		11.3
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@30fps
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	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.15 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