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Apple A11 Bionic vs Huawei Kirin 9030

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25Inno Score
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—Inno Score
28.6CPU40
25.6GPU—
20AIspec-based66.9
20Efficiencyspec-based52
0 spec wins — Apple A11 Bionic5 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9030 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A11 Bionic

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 9030

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 29
  • 4733% higher AI performance: 29 TOPS vs 1 TOPS
  • 50% lower process: 5 nm vs 10 nm
  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 15% higher Max clock: 2.75 GHz vs 2.39 GHz

General

General comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
Announced20172025
Process10 nm5 nm+50%
ArchitectureArmv8.2ARM (ARMv8, Taishan V124 cores)

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.39 GHz Monsoon + 4x Mistral1x2.75 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.27 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.72 GHz Taishan V124 Tiny
Max clock2.39 GHz2.75 GHz+15%

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
GPUApple GPU (3-core)HiSilicon Maleoon 935A

AI

AI comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
NPUNeural Engine (2-core)HiSilicon Ascend NPU
AI performance1 TOPS29 TOPS+4733%

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
Memory typeLPDDR4XLPDDR5X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
ModemQualcomm MDM9655 or Intel XMM 7480 LTE (external)—
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth5.06.0

Media

Media comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
Max display2436x1125—
Video capture4K@60fps—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A11 Bionic versus Huawei Kirin 9030
SpecApple A11 BionicHuawei Kirin 9030
Geekbench 6 (single)1,100Top 43%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,245Bottom 40%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme891Bottom 31%—

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