Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Apple A14 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A14 Bionic
Maximum 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, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

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

General

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

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Apple A14 Bionic

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Apple iPad 2022 WiFi
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3.7
Tablet
Display
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Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G eSIM
Apple iPad 2022
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Apple iPad 2022

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
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3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (6…
RAM
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Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
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5G
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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
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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
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3.1
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (6…
RAM
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Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion