Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with HiSilicon Kirin 990 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 990 5G

576876

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Kirin 990 5G

774

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Kirin 990 5G

3082

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors		8000 million
TDP	9 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	5	16
Shaders	640	256
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3360x1440@60Hz
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) VC-1 VP8 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)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS