Samsung Exynos 8890 vs Apple A9

VS

Samsung Exynos 8890

Apple A9

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2300MHz Samsung Exynos 8890 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 8890 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (26.82GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2300MHz vs 1850MHz)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Samsung Exynos 8890

228887

Apple A9 +24%

285954

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Samsung Exynos 8890

322

Apple A9 +93%

623

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Samsung Exynos 8890

890

Apple A9 +7%

957

FP32 (float)

Samsung Exynos 8890

249

Apple A9

249

Samsung Exynos 8890

VS

Apple A9

CPU

4x 2.3 GHz – Mongoose M1
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

2300 MHz

Frequency

1850 MHz

8

Cores

2

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

2 MB

L2 cache

3 MB

-

L3 cache

0

14 nm

Process

14 nm

2

Transistor count

2

5 W

TDP

5 W

Samsung

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-T880 MP12

GPU name

PowerVR GT7600

650 MHz

GPU frequency

650 MHz

12

Execution units

6

16

Shading units

32

4

Max size

4

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.2496 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

1.1

1.2

OpenCL version

1.2

11.2

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR4

1800 MHz

Memory frequency

1333 MHz

2x 32 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

26.82 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

3840 x 2400

Max display resolution

2048 x 1536

1x 24MP, 2x 12MP

Max camera resolution

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

LTE Cat. 6

No

5G support

No

Up to 600 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 450 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

4.2

Bluetooth

4.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Nov 2015

Announced

Sep 2015

Flagship

Class

Flagship

SGA8890A

Model number

APL1022

Samsung Exynos 8890

Official page

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