CPU A
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
12 cores 2500 MHz 7 nanometers Maleoon 920
Mobile processor comparison
HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Apple A17 Pro
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Apple A17 Pro
6 cores 3780 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A17 GPU
Compared fields
41
Different values
35
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
- More CPU cores
Apple A17 Pro
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little | 2x 3.78 GHz - Everest4x 2.11 GHz - Sawtooth |
| CPU cores | 12 | 6 |
| Clock speed | 2500 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistors | Not available | 19 billion |
Cache and memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | Not available | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | Not available | 16 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 68.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Maleoon 920 | Apple A17 GPU |
| GPU architecture | Maleoon | Not available |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | Not available | 6 |
| Shaders | 512 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 Gigaflops | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | Not available |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | Not available |
| DirectX | 12 | Not available |
| Neural processor / NPU | Da Vinci | Apple Neural Engine |
Display and media
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AV1, 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
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | Not available | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Not available | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Not available | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
General
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Release | November 2024 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Not available | APL1V02 |
| Storage support | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Devices in database | Not available | 2 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Apple A17 Pro
5G
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Display
- OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 4422 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
- Display
- OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 3274 mAh
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