We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released
Kirin 970 vs Apple A18 SoCs by
Hisilicon and Apple
respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these
8-core
and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and
3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Features
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 97013
Apple A1882
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 97010
Apple A1884
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 97064
Apple A1889
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 97029
Apple A1885
SoC
Kirin 970
VS
Apple A18
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Kirin 970
Apple A18
CPU
77046
421143
GPU
90560
615010
Memory
66398
178670
UX
59977
345874
Total score
293981
1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect
Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A18
Apple A18 has
71.19%
higher CPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (4040 vs
2360 MHz).
Apple A18 has
64.47%
higher GPU clock speed than
Kirin 970 (1398 vs
850 MHz).
Apple A18 has
100.96%
higher memory frequency than
Kirin 970 (3750 vs
1866 MHz).
Apple A18 has
70%
smaller sized transistor than
Kirin 970 (3 vs
10 nm).
Apple A18 has
430.88%
better AnTuTu 9 score than
Kirin 970 (1,561 K vs
294 K ).
Apple A18 has latest
instruction set,
hence better than
Kirin 970.