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18 | CPU Performance | 16 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 2 |
60 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 14 nanometers | Process Node | 12 nanometers |
| 2 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU Model | Mali-G57 MP1 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | No |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 330006 |
| 162356 | CPU | 136397 |
| 70340 | GPU | 15813 |
| 60725 | Memory | 95754 |
| 126249 | UX | 82042 |
| 419670 | Total score | 330006 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 378 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 1335 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 66.9 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 37.6 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 47.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 23.7 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 38.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 3.1 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 12.1 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 1.73 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 20 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 451 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 0.68 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 0.33 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 1.24 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 74.9 FPS |
| Metal | API | OpenCL |
| 3 tests | Samples | 5 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 48 |
| — | Score | 48 |
| — | Stability | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 2x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 1600 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | 128 KB |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | 2 MB |
| 14 nanometers | Process | 12 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR4 | Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| 1333 MHz | Memory frequency | 1600 MHz |
| 2x 16 Bit | Bus | 2x 16 Bit |
| 14.9 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | — |
| 4 GB | Max size | 8 GB |
| Qualcomm MDM9635M | Modem | — |
| LTE Cat. 6 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 |
| No | 5G support | No |
| Up to 450 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Up to 150 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps |
| 5 | Wi-Fi | 5 |
| 4.2 | Bluetooth | 5 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NVMe | Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 1K at 60FPS |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Apple M9 | Neural processor (NPU) | No |
| September 2015 | Announced | September 2021 |
| Flagship | Class | Low end |
| APL1022 | Model number | — |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Mali-G57 MP1 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Valhall 1st gen |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 650 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 1 |
| 32 | Shading units | 32 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 32 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 41.6 Gigaflops |