Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
4050 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
10 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
5.5
TDP
-
9 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
768 MHz
Execution units
5
12
Shading units
128
18
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Max display resolution
-
3120 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
355,946
Geekbench 6
3,466
386
Geekbench 6
8,592
1,377
FP32 (float)
1,907
331