Comparison of Apple A9 and Samsung Exynos 9610 [S]ave
| Attribute |  Apple A9 × |  Samsung Exynos 9610 × |
|---|---|---|
| General Information | ||
| Brand | Apple | Samsung |
| Series | Apple A series | Samsung Exynos |
| Model | Apple A9 | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
| CPU Cores | 2 | 8 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 1.85 | 1.7 |
| CPU Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Hyperthreading | - | - |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| A core | 2x Twister | 4x Cortex-A73 |
| B core | - | 4x Cortex-A53 |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | - | 2.3 |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | - | 2.3 |
| Encryption | ||
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | ||
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | Decode / Encode |
| VP8 | Decode | Decode / Encode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | Decode / Encode |
| VP9 | No | Decode / Encode |
| AVC | Decode | Decode / Encode |
| Internal Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A9 | ARM Mali-G72 MP3 |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| Generation | 6 | 0 |
| DirectX Version | - | 12 |
| Execution units | 6 | 3 |
| Shader | 192 | 48 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 4 | 2 |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2015 | 2017 |
| Memory And PCIe | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4-3200 | LPDDR4X-1600 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 2 | - |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 1 | 0 |
| Technical details | ||
| Release date (year) | 2015 | 2018 |
| Technology (Nm) | 16 | 10 |
| Virtualization |
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| L3-Cache (MB) | 4 | - |
| L2-Cache (MB) | 3 | - |
| Architecture | A9 | Cortex-A73 + Cortex-A53 |
| Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | ||
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 5 | - |
| Benchmarks | ||
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 250 | 94 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 558 | 329 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,024 | 1,164 |
| AnTuTu 8 benchmark | 172,160 | 171,465 |
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