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Samsung Exynos 7870
vs
Apple A9

Samsung Exynos 7870
vs
Apple A9

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 7870 and Apple A9 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Samsung Exynos 7870
Samsung Exynos 7870
Samsung Exynos 7870
  • Newer Launch Date: February 2016 (February 2016 vs September 2015)
Apple A9
Apple A9
Apple A9
  • Higher Frequency: 1850 MHz (1600 MHz vs 1850 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Apple
February 2016
Launch Date
September 2015
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Exynos 7870
Model Name
APL1022
8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
8
Cores
2
14 nm
Technology
14 nm
1600 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
2
Transistor count
2

GPU Specifications

Mali-T830 MP1
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
700 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
0.0224 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
16
Shading units
32
1
Execution units
6
1.2
OpenCL version
1.2
1.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
11
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
4.1
Bluetooth
4.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4
933 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

No
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
-
L2 Cache
3 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
NVMe
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
3 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 7870
172
A9
623 +262%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 7870
495
A9
957 +93%
FP32 (float)
Exynos 7870
22
A9
244 +1009%
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 7870
143252
A9
291673 +104%