HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Apple M5 (iPad)
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2860 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
8
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
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GPU frequency
600 MHz
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Execution units
16
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Shading units
36
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Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
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Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
2752 x 2064
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VC-1
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Oct 2019
Oct 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
665,287
3,155,649
FP32 (float)
691
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Geekbench 6
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4,175
Geekbench 6
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15,577
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.