Apple M2 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M2 (iPad) with HiSilicon Kirin 985 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

M2 (iPad)

Kirin 985 5G

467882

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

2620

Kirin 985 5G

699

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

9793

Kirin 985 5G

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Blizzard	1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	20000 million
TDP	20 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M2 GPU	Mali-G77 MP8
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	8	8
Shaders	1024	128
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 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fp
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	1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS