Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio P90
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A756x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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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
PowerVR GM9446
GPU frequency
650 MHz
970 MHz
Execution units
6
10
Shading units
32
8
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
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
13.91 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
MediaTek APU 2.0
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 64MP
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. 13
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, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Nov 2018
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1022
MT6779V/CU
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
155
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.