Apple A18 Pro vs Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro
70.5CPU—
53.5GPU—
69Benchmarks—
72AIspec-based—
79.6Efficiencyspec-based—
0 spec wins — Apple A18 Pro1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro 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?
General
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2024 | 2026 |
| Process | 3 nm | — |
| TDP (typical) | 8 W | — |
| Architecture | Armv9.2 | — |
CPU
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | — |
| Core configuration | 2x4.05 GHz + 4x2.42 GHz | — |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | — |
GPU
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU (6-core) | — |
AI
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine | — |
| AI performance | 35 TOPS | — |
Memory
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR5X-7500 | — |
| Max bandwidth | 60 GB/s | — |
Connectivity
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | External (Snapdragon X75) | — |
| Wi-Fi | — | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | — | 6.0 |
Media
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Video capture | 4K@120fps | 4K |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | 1,750,000 | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 3,400Top 6% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 8,400Top 10% | — |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 4,300Top 20% | — |
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