Apple M5 (iPad) vs HiSilicon Kirin 8000
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L4x 1.84 GHz – A55
Frequency
4600 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
10
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
153 Gb/s
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2752 x 2064
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Oct 2024
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Graphics
GPU name
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Mali-G610 MP4
GPU frequency
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864 MHz
Shading units
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128
Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
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2.0
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,155,649
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Geekbench 6
4,175
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Geekbench 6
15,577
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.