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Apple A9 vs Samsung Exynos 9609

Apple A9

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The Apple A9 is a high-end dual-core ARM SoC for smartphones. It was announced in Sept. 2015 in the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Technical details were not published, but the CPU part should be about 70% and the GPU 90% faster than the previous Apple A8. Therefore, the performance should be on par with high-end Android SoCs in 2015.

It is based on the third generation of Apples 64 Bit architectures (Cyclone 3?) and uses a "new transistor technology". It is manufactured at Samsung in 14nm (slightly smaller die) and TSMC at 16nm (both FINFET 3D transistors). A performance difference of both versions are not noticable.

Furthermore, the chip now integrates the M9 motion coprocessor and a 4K video de- and encoder (as the iPhones 6s supports 4K video recording). The integrated graphics card should be still based on PowerVR technology.

The power consumption could be lower than the A8 due to the new process technology and the fact that the iPhones now got a smaller battery (due to the haptic engine part).

Samsung Exynos 9609

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The Samsung Exynos 9609 (or Exynos 7 Series 9609) is a mid-range SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It integrates 8 processor cores in two clusters (big.LITTLE concept). Four ARM Cortex A73 cores at up to 2.2 GHz for demanding tasks and four ARM Cortex A53 at up to 1.6 GHz for power efficiency. Compared to the older Exynos 9610, the 9609 offers 100 MHz less clock speed for both clusters.

The integrated LTE modem supports 4G at up to 600 Mbps download and 150 Mbps upload. Furthermore, 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 are also integrated in the chip.

The on-board ARM Mali-G72 MP3 graphics card offers three clusters and support for Vulkan, DirectX 12 and OpenGL ES 3.2.

The Exynos 9609 is manufactured in the modern 10nm FinFET process and therefore relatively power efficient and also suited for smaller smartphones.

ModelApple A9Samsung Exynos 9609
SeriesApple Samsung Exynos
CodenameCyclone 3Exynos 7 Series
Series: Exynos Exynos 7 Series
Apple A9X compare2.26 GHz2 / 2 cores Cyclone 3
Apple A9 « 1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Cyclone 3
Samsung Exynos 9611 compare1.7 - 2.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9610 compare1.7 - 2.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9609 « 1.6 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Clock1800 MHz1600 - 2200 MHz
Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Technology14/16 nm10 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUApple A9 / PowerVR GT7600ARM Mali-G72 MP3
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.samsung.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
A9 +
min: 12854     avg: 13248     median: 13210.5 (11%)     max: 13717 Points
min: 22441     avg: 22718     median: 22718 (19%)     max: 22995 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
A9 +
1094 Points (13%)
min: 2045     avg: 2171     median: 2170.5 (26%)     max: 2296 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
A9 +
1093 Points (12%)
min: 1979     avg: 2062     median: 2062 (24%)     max: 2145 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A9 +
531 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A9 +
970 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A9 +
2556 Points (26%)
min: 1601     avg: 1603     median: 1603 (16%)     max: 1605 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A9 +
4459 Points (5%)
min: 5273     avg: 5324     median: 5324 (6%)     max: 5375 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A9 +
min: 2503     avg: 2527     median: 2526.5 (34%)     max: 2550 Points
1628 Points (22%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A9 +
min: 4286     avg: 4359     median: 4359 (11%)     max: 4432 Points
5087 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A9 +
min: 4386     avg: 4412     median: 4422 (7%)     max: 4429 Points
5173 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A9 +
min: 2533     avg: 2537     median: 2538 (38%)     max: 2539 Points
1507 Points (23%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
5223 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
1478 Points (29%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
1527 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2425 Points (22%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
10469 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5204 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6123 Points (16%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A9 +
min: 1225     avg: 1260     median: 1260 (43%)     max: 1295 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A9 +
min: 669     avg: 677     median: 677 (66%)     max: 685 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A9 +
min: 1458     avg: 1656     median: 1712 (2%)     max: 1743 ms
min: 4188     avg: 4202     median: 4202 (5%)     max: 4216 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A9 +
223 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
A9 +
min: 15967     avg: 16716     median: 16375 (14%)     max: 18148 Points
min: 9807     avg: 9808     median: 9808 (9%)     max: 9809 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 58     avg: 63     median: 63 (13%)     max: 68 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 A9 +
min: 58869     avg: 58977     median: 58976.5 (59%)     max: 59084 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
A9 +
min: 126969     avg: 129767     median: 128706 (44%)     max: 133626 Points
min: 90285     avg: 99443     median: 99443 (34%)     max: 108601 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 10737     avg: 11106     median: 11105.5 (34%)     max: 11474 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 34447     avg: 36043     median: 36042.5 (44%)     max: 37638 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 39807     avg: 39885     median: 39884.5 (12%)     max: 39962 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 53992     avg: 57415     median: 57415 (35%)     max: 60838 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 139138     avg: 144448     median: 144448 (26%)     max: 149757 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A9 +
min: 46285     avg: 48479     median: 48849 (6%)     max: 49934 Points
131830 Points (17%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 3954     avg: 3972     median: 3972 (21%)     max: 3990 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
min:      avg: 0 (0%)     max: 0 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 6578     avg: 6695     median: 6695 (44%)     max: 6812 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 8188     avg: 8545     median: 8545 (43%)     max: 8902 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A9 → 100% n=13

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 9609 → 123% n=13

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)