Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 2100

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X13x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2900 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G78 MP14
GPU frequency
650 MHz
854 MHz
Execution units
6
14
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
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2015
Dec 2020
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
S5E9840
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
285,954
567,972
Geekbench 6
623
-
Geekbench 6
957
-
FP32 (float)
249
1,530