Kirin 9000 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 9000 (Mali-G78 MP24) with the newer 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9000
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~76%)
- Performs 47% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 31%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1413K vs 1079K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 370173 | 410975 |
| GPU | 275434 | 370837 |
| Memory | 158011 | 164151 |
| UX | 275663 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1079281 | 1413275 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [69 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 146.1 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 90.8 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 113.9 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 71.8 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 98.9 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 11.8 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 29.7 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.01 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 71 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 11.8 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 6.39 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.52 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.38 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 28.2 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1164.8 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | - | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 2062 | 2854 |
| Stability | 90% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5096 | - |
| Video editing score | 6152 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 6691 | - |
| Photo editing score | 16500 | - |
| Writing score | 8573 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 81 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 44 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Huawei Mate 40 Pro 1344 x 3140 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
No benchmark results yet
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-18 (Bionic) | AnTuTu | 1336740 |
| π 2026-09-12 (Simon) | AnTuTu | 1146332 |
| π 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | GeekBench GPU | 18864 |
| π 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | GeekBench CPU | 2327 / 5604 |
| π 2026-09-03 (YulikπΊπ¦) | AnTuTu | 1289105 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.13 GHz β Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz β Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3130 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15.3 billion | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 2nd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 759 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 24 | 5 |
| Shading units | 32 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1165.8 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max 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 - 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
| Modem | Balong 5000 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 4600 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | October 2020 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W07 |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 9000 official site | - |
| Successor | - HiSilicon Kirin 9000S | - Apple A19 Pro |
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