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18 | CPU Performance | 17 |
11 | Gaming Performance | 4 |
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-G52 MP2 |
| Apple M9 | NPU Performance | No |
| 419670 | Apple A19 | 320967 |
| 162356 | CPU | 131837 |
| 70340 | GPU | 36139 |
| 60725 | Memory | 60405 |
| 126249 | UX | 92586 |
| 419670 | Total score | 320967 |
| 633 | Single-Core Score | 418 |
| 1014 | Multi-Core Score | 1305 |
| 44.6 MB/sec | Asset compression | 72.2 MB/sec |
| 14.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 36.6 pages/sec |
| 32 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 49.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 7.3 images/sec | Image detection | 22.6 images/sec |
| 40.2 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 40.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 2.89 images/sec | Background blur | 3.17 images/sec |
| 7.75 images/sec | Photo processing | 10.8 images/sec |
| 1.28 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 2.01 Mpixels/sec |
| 2 tests | Samples | 7 tests |
| 3185 | Compute Score (GPU) | 760 |
| 7.83 images/sec | Background blur | 1.27 images/sec |
| 6.17 images/sec | Face detection | 0.78 images/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.14 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.07 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.31 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.03 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| 7.82 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 2.21 Gpixels/sec |
| 299.1 FPS | Particle physics | 86.9 FPS |
| Metal | API | Vulkan |
| 3 tests | Samples | — |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Stability | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | Architecture | 2x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 1850 MHz | Frequency | 1820 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv8-A |
| 64 KB | L1 cache | — |
| 3 MB | L2 cache | — |
| 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 | 6 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 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video capture | 1K at 30FPS |
| 4K at 30FPS | Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS |
| - 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 | June 2019 |
| Flagship | Class | Low end |
| APL1022 | Model number | — |
| PowerVR GT7600 | GPU name | Mali-G52 MP2 |
| PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Architecture | Bifrost 2nd gen |
| 650 MHz | GPU frequency | 614 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 2 |
| 32 | Shading units | 24 |
| 192 | Total shaders | 48 |
| 249.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 58.9 Gigaflops |