Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with HiSilicon Kirin 980. 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 980

484026

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Kirin 980

698

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Kirin 980

2482

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors		6900 million
TDP	9 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	5	10
Shaders	640	160
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3120x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS