Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 9611
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1850 MHz
2300 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
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L3 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
2
3
TDP
5 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G72 MP3
GPU frequency
650 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
6
3
Shading units
32
18
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
1600 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
11.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
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
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1022
S5E9611
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
241,718
Geekbench 6
623
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Geekbench 6
957
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FP32 (float)
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.