Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 7884B
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A736x 1.35 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1850 MHz
1560 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G71 MP2
GPU frequency
650 MHz
770 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
16
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
7.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
No
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2220 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
194,290
Geekbench 6
623
256
Geekbench 6
957
810
FP32 (float)
249
49