Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 1580
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2900MHz Samsung Exynos 1580 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Samsung Exynos 1580 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2900MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 9 years and 1 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Samsung Exynos 1580
+194%
841545
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
1850 MHz
Frequency
2900 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Samsung Xclipse 540
650 MHz
GPU frequency
-
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
12
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
Theoretical Performance
14.7 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5100 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1280 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Oct 2024
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
S5E8855
