HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Apple M2 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V1203x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
2620 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
Process
7 nm
5 nm
TDP
7 W
15 W
Manufacturing
SMIC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
192 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
20

Graphics

GPU name
Maleoon 910
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
-
8
Shading units
-
128

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, 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
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Aug 2023
Jun 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
Hi36A0
APL1109

AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
15.8 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
903,932
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
1,334
2,623
Geekbench 6
4,128
9,803
FP32 (float)
-
2,918