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18 | CPU Performance | 74 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 64 |
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 825 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 2301396 |
| 162356 | CPU | 656618 |
| 70340 | GPU | 815742 |
| 60725 | Memory | 374281 |
| 126249 | UX | 454755 |
| 419670 | Total score | 2301396 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 2068 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 6385 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 293.4 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 188.6 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 207.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 152.7 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 216.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 23.4 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 55.2 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 7.25 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 37 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 18498 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 33.5 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 16.8 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 1.2 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 2750.3 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | 27 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 1688 |
| — | Score | 1688 |
| — | Stability | 83% |
| — | Graphics test | 13 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 7641 |
| — | Score | 7641 |
| — | Graphics test | 29 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 34 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 29 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 25 FPS |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 3210 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | 128 KB |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | 2 MB |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 4 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 4800 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | Snapdragon X75 |
| LTE Cat. 6 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 450 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 4200 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 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 4K at 60FPS |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| September 2015 | Announced | April 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| APL1022 | Model number | SM8735 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Adreno 825 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 1150 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 2 |
| 32 | Shading units | 512 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 1024 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 2355.2 Gigaflops |