Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio G85
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
—
Process
14 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1000 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
24
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
1800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
13.41 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Apr 2020
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1022
MT6769Z
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
270,144
Geekbench 6
623
416
Geekbench 6
957
1,338
FP32 (float)
249
96
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.