Kirin 9035 vs A20 Pro
We compared the 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9035 (Maleoon 935) with the older 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 Pro 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 9035
- Has 3 more cores
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 5 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 90%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 1811K
- 73% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 2850 MHz)
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 76.8 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 541759 | 879839 |
| GPU | 508312 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 453112 | 418755 |
| UX | 308307 | 728894 |
| Total score | 1811490 | 3434654 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 4263 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 17850 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
Recent User Tests
HiSilicon Kirin 9035
No benchmark results yet
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9035 and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.85 GHz β 4x 2.27 GHz β 4x 1.72 GHz β |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 9 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2850 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Maleoon 935 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | - | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 7 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| FLOPS | - | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | - | 3x 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
| Modem | Balong 6000 | Apple C2 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1Y01 |
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