Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio G50
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1850 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
PowerVR GE8320
GPU frequency
650 MHz
680 MHz
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
8
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
1.2
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1600 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
13.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
-
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2400 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p 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. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 300 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, QZSS
Info
AI
NPU
-
No
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
149,247
Geekbench 6
623
-
Geekbench 6
957
-
FP32 (float)
249
43