Samsung Exynos 7420 vs Apple A9

VS

Samsung Exynos 7420

Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2100MHz Samsung Exynos 7420 vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 7420 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (24.8GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2100MHz vs 1850MHz)

Apple A9 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.2496 TFLOPS vs 0.1976 TFLOPS )

Lower TDP (5W vs 7W)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 7420

205159

Apple A9 +39%

285954

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Samsung Exynos 7420

195

Apple A9 +219%

623

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 7420

840

Apple A9 +13%

957

FP32 (float)

Samsung Exynos 7420

197

Apple A9 +26%

249

Samsung Exynos 7420

VS

Apple A9

CPU

4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A57
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

2100 MHz

Frequency

1850 MHz

8

Cores

2

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

512 KB

L2 cache

3 MB

-

L3 cache

0

14 nm

Process

14 nm

2

Transistor count

2

7 W

TDP

5 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-T760 MP8

GPU name

PowerVR GT7600

772 MHz

GPU frequency

650 MHz

8

Execution units

6

16

Shading units

32

4

Max size

4

0.1976 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.2496 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

1.1

1.2

OpenCL version

1.2

11

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR4

-

Memory frequency

1333 MHz

2x 32 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

24.8 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Apple M9

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0

Storage type

NVMe

2560 x 1440

Max display resolution

2048 x 1536

1x 24MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Shannon 333

Modem

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 6

No

5G support

No

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 450 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

4

Wi-Fi

5

4.1

Bluetooth

4.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Apr 2015

Announced

Sep 2015

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

APL1022

Samsung Exynos 7420

Official page

-

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