Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio G96
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2050 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G57 MP2
GPU frequency
650 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
64
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
17.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 650 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
388,043
Geekbench 6
623
-
Geekbench 6
957
-
FP32 (float)
249
243