CPU A
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
12 cores 2500 MHz 7 nanometers Maleoon 920
Mobile processor comparison
HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Apple A18 Pro
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Apple A18 Pro
6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 Pro GPU
Compared fields
38
Different values
32
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
- More CPU cores
Apple A18 Pro
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little | 2x 4.05 GHz - Everest4x 2.42 GHz - Sawtooth |
| CPU cores | 12 | 6 |
| Clock speed | 2500 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP | Not available | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| L2 cache | Not available | 16 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Memory bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 68.2 Gbit/s | 60 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Maleoon 920 | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| GPU architecture | Maleoon | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Shaders | 512 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 Gigaflops | 2289 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | Not available |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | Not available |
| DirectX | 12 | Not available |
| Neural processor / NPU | Da Vinci | Neural Engine |
Display and media
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | Not available |
| Maximum camera resolution | Not available | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| 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 - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | Not available | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Not available | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Not available | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
General
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Release | November 2024 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | Not available | APL1V07 |
| Storage support | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
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