Mobile processor comparison

Apple A14 Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000E

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 40
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
Apple A14 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm 1x 3.13 GHz - Cortex-A773x 2.54 GHz - Cortex-A774x 2.05 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3100 MHz 3130 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 11.8 billion 15.3 billion
TDP 6 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency Not available 2750 MHz
Memory bus Not available 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 42.7 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 6 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
GPU Apple GPU Mali-G78 MP22
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 2
GPU clock Not available 760 MHz
Execution units 4 22
Shaders Not available 352
FLOPS Not available 2137 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.1
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine AI accelerator

Display and media

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
Maximum display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A14 BionicHiSilicon Kirin 9000E
Release September 2020 October 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W01 Not available
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1
Devices in database 6 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A14 Bionic

eSIM
Apple iPad 2022 WiFi
Apple

Apple iPad 2022 WiFi

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G eSIM
Apple iPad 2022
Apple

Apple iPad 2022

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 mini

3.9
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12
Apple

Apple iPhone 12

3.1
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.