Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 990
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2730 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G77 MP11
GPU frequency
650 MHz
800 MHz
Execution units
6
11
Shading units
32
64
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Oct 2019
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
S5E9830
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
707,030
Geekbench 6
623
842
Geekbench 6
957
2,672
FP32 (float)
249
1,126
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.