Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
  • More CPU cores
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A16 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz - Cortex-A773x 2.54 GHz - Cortex-A774x 2.05 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3130 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 15.3 billion 16 billion
TDP 6 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache Not available 16 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G78 MP22 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 2 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 760 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 22 5
Shaders 352 128
FLOPS 2137 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU AI accelerator Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 48MP
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 - VP8 - VP9 - 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 A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EApple A16 Bionic
Release October 2020 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available APL1W10
Storage support UFS 3.1 NVMe
Devices in database Not available 4
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 A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh