Apple M1 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M1 (iPad) with HiSilicon Kirin 970. 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

M1 (iPad)

Kirin 970

318577

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M1 (iPad)

2297

Kirin 970

389

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M1 (iPad)

8397

Kirin 970

1502

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 3.2 GHz – Apple Icestorm	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	5 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million	5500 million
TDP	14 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	HiSilicon NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M1 GPU	Mali-G72 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1278 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	8	12
Shaders	1024	192
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	2340x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.2
Satellite navigation	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS