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18 | CPU Performance | 47 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 25 |
60 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 14 nanometers | Process Node | 4 nanometers |
| 2 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU Model | Samsung Xclipse 540 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 1243000 |
| 162356 | CPU | 490303 |
| 70340 | GPU | 295022 |
| 60725 | Memory | 188129 |
| 126249 | UX | 269456 |
| 419670 | Total score | 1243000 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 1359 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 3896 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 187.2 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 98.5 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 138.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 73.4 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 119.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 15.9 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 34.9 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 5.13 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 19 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 6878 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 13.8 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 6.57 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.41 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 30.7 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 727.6 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | 16 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 655 |
| — | Score | 655 |
| — | Stability | 98% |
| — | Graphics test | 5 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 2900 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | — |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 4 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 3200 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 2x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 12 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | — |
| 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 |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 3.1 |
| 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 |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| September 2015 | Announced | October 2024 |
| Flagship | Class | Mid range |
| APL1022 | Model number | S5E8855 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 540 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | RDNA 3 |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 1300 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 2 |
| 32 | Shading units | 128 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 256 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 1331.2 Gigaflops |