Apple A9 vs MediaTek MT6739

SOC Specs Compare

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Apple A9

Apple

CPU

Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1850 MHz
1500 MHz
Cores
2
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
2
1
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
PowerVR GE8100
GPU frequency
650 MHz
570 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
32
8
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
1.2
DirectX version
11
10

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
667 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
6.4 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
No
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1440 x 720
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 13MP, 2x 8MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 4
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
4
Bluetooth
4.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2017
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1022
MT6739
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
285,954
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Geekbench 6
623
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Geekbench 6
957
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FP32 (float)
249
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