Apple M2 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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

M2 (iPad)

Kirin 980

484026

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

2620

Kirin 980

698

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

9793

Kirin 980

2482

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Blizzard	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	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	20000 million	6900 million
TDP	20 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M2 GPU	Mali-G76 MP10
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	8	10
Shaders	1024	160
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3120x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS