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18 | CPU Performance | 96 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 98 |
60 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 14 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 2 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU Model | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 3508681 |
| 162356 | CPU | 1098383 |
| 70340 | GPU | 1275843 |
| 60725 | Memory | 378116 |
| 126249 | UX | 756339 |
| 419670 | Total score | 3508681 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 3366 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 10603 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 397.3 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 292.7 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 328.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 234.3 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 328.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 40.9 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 109.9 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 10.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 10 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 25501 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 47.2 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 26.1 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.78 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1.31 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 1.68 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.31 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 91.9 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 3324.6 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | 7 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 3119 |
| — | Score | 3119 |
| — | Stability | 52% |
| — | Graphics test | 23 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 13308 |
| — | Score | 13308 |
| — | Graphics test | 51 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 57 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 51 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 45 FPS |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 4210 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | 2 MB |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 5333 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | — |
| LTE Cat. 6 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 450 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 10700 Mbps |
| Up to 150 Mbps | Upload speed | — |
| 5 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 4.2 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| September 2015 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| APL1022 | Model number | MT6993 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Valhall 5th gen |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 1716 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 12 |
| 32 | Shading units | 128 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 5271.5 Gigaflops |