Kirin 9030 Pro vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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 9030 Pro
- Performs 60% better in floating-point computations
- Has 3 more cores
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 6%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1725K vs 1626K
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~50%)
- 26% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 2750 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 515961 | 432740 |
| GPU | 484107 | 490354 |
| Memory | 431535 | 216774 |
| UX | 293626 | 486140 |
| Total score | 1725229 | 1626008 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [36 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 | 197.7 MB/sec | 234.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 169.1 pages/sec | 155.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 168.6 Mpixels/sec | 157.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 115.1 images/sec | 149.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 166.1 Mpixels/sec | 202.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 19.3 images/sec | 25.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 60.4 images/sec | 76.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.14 Mpixels/sec | 6.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 24 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 10.6 images/sec | 39.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 5.64 images/sec | 50.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.44 Gpixels/sec | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.71 Gpixels/sec | 1.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 36.9 Gpixels/sec | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 608.9 FPS | 2162.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 12 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 4266 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 3335 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Apple A16 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu | 1603687 |
| π 2026-08-31 (LORDroid) | AnTuTu | 1445126 |
| π 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo) | AnTuTu | 1626008 |
| π 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | GeekBench GPU | 24336 |
| π 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | GeekBench CPU | 2615 / 6477 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9030 Pro and A16 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.75 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
2x 3.46 GHz β Everest 4x 2.02 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 9 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2750 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 933 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 5 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2866.1 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 17 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 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 - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Balong 6000 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2025 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W10 |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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