HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2600 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
7 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
6.9
2
TDP
6 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
720 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
10
6
Shading units
36
32
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Apple M9
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
—
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
285,954
Geekbench 6
835
623
Geekbench 6
2,132
957
FP32 (float)
518
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.