Apple M2 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 960

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M2 (iPad) 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

M2 (iPad)

Kirin 960

253892

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

2620

Kirin 960

382

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

9793

Kirin 960

1544

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Blizzard	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	16 nm
Number of transistors	20000 million	4000 million
TDP	20 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M2 GPU	Mali-G71 MP8
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	8	8
Shaders	1024	128
DirectX		11.3
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048
Max camera resolution		1x 20MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 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