Quick/Comparisons
The Apple A9's PowerVR GT7600 graphics outperform the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G's Adreno 619 graphics in this use case, resulting in a clear win for Apple A9.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G's excellent battery life far surpasses the Apple A9's, making it the clear winner in this use case.
Both the Apple A9 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G feature dedicated NPUs for AI workloads, making them tied in this use case.
18 | CPU Performance | 26 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 6 |
60 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 14 nanometers | Process Node | 8 nanometers |
| 2 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU Model | Adreno 619 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | Hexagon 694 |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 525163 |
| 162356 | CPU | 219241 |
| 70340 | GPU | 49171 |
| 60725 | Memory | 95937 |
| 126249 | UX | 160814 |
| 419670 | Total score | 525163 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 818 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 1865 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 158.2 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 67.9 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 111.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 55.2 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 94.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 10.2 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 26.7 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 3.76 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | Less than 3 |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 1133 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 5.05 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 2.58 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.14 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.14 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 3.29 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 242.4 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | Less than 3 |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| — | Score | 333 |
| — | Stability | — |
| — | Graphics test | 1 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 570 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 570 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 2200 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | — |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 8 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 2x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 17 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 12 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | X52 |
| LTE Cat. 6 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 450 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Up to 150 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 1600 Mbps |
| 5 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 4.2 | Bluetooth | 5.1 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 32MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 4K at 30FPS |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video playback | 4K at 30FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 694 |
| September 2015 | Announced | September 2020 |
| Flagship | Class | Mid range |
| APL1022 | Model number | SM7225 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Adreno 619 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 800 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 2 |
| 32 | Shading units | 128 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 256 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 409.6 Gigaflops |