Apple A18 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4050 MHz
2860 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
Transistor count
-
8
TDP
-
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
600 MHz
Execution units
5
16
Shading units
128
36
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Da Vinci
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
-
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
3360 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 19
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
695,853
Geekbench 6
3,466
990
Geekbench 6
8,592
3,179
FP32 (float)
1,907
691