Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio X20
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.2496 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 12.8GB/s)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 20nm)
MediaTek Helio X20 Advantages
Higher Frequency (2100MHz vs 1850MHz)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
+151%
249
MediaTek Helio X20
99
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
1850 MHz
Frequency
2100 MHz
2
Cores
10
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
20 nm
2
Transistor count
3
5 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-T880 MP4
650 MHz
GPU frequency
780 MHz
6
Execution units
4
32
Shading units
16
4
Max size
4
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0998 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.0
1.2
OpenCL version
1.2
11
DirectX version
11.2
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR3
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
12.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
No
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 25MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
May 2015
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
MT6797
