Apple M5 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M5 (iPad) with HiSilicon Kirin 9000 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

M5 (iPad)

Kirin 9000 5G

762886

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

4192

Kirin 9000 5G

1062

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M5 (iPad)

15639

Kirin 9000 5G

3724

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 4.6 GHz	1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors		15300 million
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	4800 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M5 GPU	Mali-G78 MP24
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	2005 MHz	760 MHz
Execution units	10	24
Shaders	1280	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2752x2064	3840x2160
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 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		4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	6.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC