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18 | CPU Performance | 64 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 43 |
60 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 14 nanometers | Process Node | 4 nanometers |
| 2 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU Model | Adreno 740 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 1752044 |
| 162356 | CPU | 565842 |
| 70340 | GPU | 429822 |
| 60725 | Memory | 303868 |
| 126249 | UX | 452212 |
| 419670 | Total score | 1752044 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 2004 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 5311 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 218.9 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 145.2 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 168.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 133 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 167.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 18.8 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 34.5 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 5.78 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 128 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 9236 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 12.3 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 5.1 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.56 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 32.6 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 2177.4 FPS |
| Metal | API | OpenCL |
| 3 tests | Samples | 65 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 1092 |
| — | Score | 1092 |
| — | Stability | 67% |
| — | Graphics test | 8 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 5312 |
| — | Score | 5312 |
| — | Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 23 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 20 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 17 FPS |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 3200 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv9-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | 1 MB |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 4 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 4200 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 67.2 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | Snapdragon X70 |
| LTE Cat. 6 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 450 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Up to 150 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| 5 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 4.2 | Bluetooth | 5.3 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 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 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| September 2015 | Announced | November 2022 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| APL1022 | Model number | SM8550-AB |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Adreno 740 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Adreno 700 |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 680 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 32 | Shading units | 512 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 2089 Gigaflops |