Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 7420
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A574x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1850 MHz
2100 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
5 W
7 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-T760 MP8
GPU frequency
650 MHz
772 MHz
Execution units
6
8
Shading units
32
16
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
1.2
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
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Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
24.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
No
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2560 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K 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. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
4
Bluetooth
4.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Apr 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
205,159
Geekbench 6
623
195
Geekbench 6
957
840
FP32 (float)
249
197
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.