Samsung Exynos 9609 vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 9609 vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Samsung Exynos 9609 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Apple A9 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.2496 TFLOPS vs 0.0918 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 11.9GB/s)
Lower TDP (5W vs 9W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 9609
256661
Apple A9
+11%
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Samsung Exynos 9609
362
Apple A9
+72%
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Samsung Exynos 9609
+25%
1197
Apple A9
957
FP32 (float)
Samsung Exynos 9609
91
Apple A9
+173%
249
CPU
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2200 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
10 nm
Process
14 nm
3
Transistor count
2
9 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G72 MP3
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
850 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
3
Execution units
6
18
Shading units
32
4
Max size
4
0.0918 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
1600 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
11.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
NVMe
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
May 2019
Announced
Sep 2015
Mid range
Class
Flagship
S5E9609
Model number
APL1022
