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70 | CPU Performance | 81 |
55 | Gaming Performance | 66 |
91 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 4 nanometers | Process Node | 4 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Mali-G720 MP8 | GPU Model | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 |
| MediaTek NPU 880 | NPU Performance | MediaTek NPU 790 |
| 2153969 | Apple A19 | 2415558 |
| 622784 | CPU | 716668 |
| 686603 | GPU | 789925 |
| 388746 | Memory | 362997 |
| 455836 | UX | 545948 |
| 2153969 | Total score | 2415558 |
| 1721 | Single-Core Score | 2239 |
| 6716 | Multi-Core Score | 7538 |
| 279.9 MB/sec | Asset compression | 299.9 MB/sec |
| 201 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 218.6 pages/sec |
| 223.5 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 258.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 136.2 images/sec | Image detection | 162.1 images/sec |
| 224 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 219.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 24.3 images/sec | Background blur | 27.4 images/sec |
| 70.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 60.9 images/sec |
| 7.64 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 8.03 Mpixels/sec |
| 8 tests | Samples | — |
| 13461 | Compute Score (GPU) | 15081 |
| 20.3 images/sec | Background blur | 25.6 images/sec |
| 10.3 images/sec | Face detection | 12.2 images/sec |
| 0.56 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.67 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.62 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.81 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.8 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.86 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.2 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| 46.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 29.3 Gpixels/sec |
| 2219.4 FPS | Particle physics | 3109.3 FPS |
| OpenCL | API | OpenCL |
| 6 tests | Samples | 4 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 1814 |
| — | Score | 1814 |
| — | Stability | 68% |
| — | Graphics test | 13 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 7667 |
| — | Score | 7667 |
| — | Graphics test | 29 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 32 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 30 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 25 FPS |
| 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725 | Architecture | 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 3400 MHz | Frequency | 3250 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | 128 KB |
| — | L2 cache | 1 MB |
| 4 nanometers | Process | 4 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5T |
| 4800 MHz | Memory frequency | 4800 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 76.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| — | Modem | MediaTek T830 |
| — | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 5170 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 7900 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps |
| 6 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 5.4 | Bluetooth | 5.4 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 4.0 |
| 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
| MediaTek NPU 880 | Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 |
| January 2026 | Announced | November 2023 |
| Mid range | Class | Flagship |
| — | Model number | MT6989 |
| Mali-G720 MP8 | GPU name | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 |
| Valhall 5th gen | Architecture | 5th gen |
| 1300 MHz | GPU frequency | 1300 MHz |
| 8 | Pipelines | 12 |
| 128 | Shading units | 128 |
| 1024 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 2662.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops |