Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 1280
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G68 MP4
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1000 MHz
Execution units
6
4
Shading units
32
48
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
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 108MP
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, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2550 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1840 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
481,288
Geekbench 6
623
852
Geekbench 6
957
1,927
FP32 (float)
249
487