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Apple A9X vs Samsung Exynos 9610

Apple A9X

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The Apple A9X is a high-end ARM SoC (System on a Chip) that was announced in September 2015 in the iPad Pro. Technical details are scarce, what we know is that it is based on the third generation of Apples 64 Bit architecture (Cyclone 3) and manufactured with a "new transistor technology" (14 or 16nm FINFet probably).

The performance of the A9X did improve a lot according to Apple. The CPU part should be 1.8x faster and the GPU part even 2x faster than the already speedy Apple A8X. Apple even stated in the keynote of the iPad Pro that the performance should be "faster than 80% of portable PCs shipped in the last 12 month". Furthermore the iPad Pro now features a 2x higher memory bandwidth (DDR4?) and 2x faster storage performance. The integrated graphics card will most likely be a PowerVR design again (Power VR Series7?).

Samsung Exynos 9610

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The Samsung Exynos 9610 (or Exynos 7 Series 9610) is a mid-range SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It integrates 8 processor cores in two clusters (bigLITTLE concept). Four ARM Cortex A73 cores at up to 2.3 GHz for demanding tasks and four ARM Cortex A53 at up to 1.7 GHz for power efficiency.

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 9610 is manufactured in the modern 10nm FinFET process and therefore relatively power efficient and also suited for smaller smartphones.

ModelApple A9XSamsung Exynos 9610
SeriesApple Samsung Exynos
CodenameCyclone 3Exynos 7 Series
Series: Exynos Exynos 7 Series
Apple A9X « 2.26 GHz2 / 2 cores Cyclone 3
Apple A9 compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Cyclone 3
Samsung Exynos 9611 compare1.7 - 2.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9610 « 1.7 - 2.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Samsung Exynos 9609 compare1.6 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos 7 Series
Clock2260 MHz1700 - 2300 MHz
Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Technology14/16 nm10 nm
Die Size147 mm2
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUApple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XTARM Mali-G72 MP3
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.samsung.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
A9X +
min: 15473     avg: 15748     median: 15748 (13%)     max: 16023 Points
14353 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
A9X +
1713 Points (20%)
2266 Points (27%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
A9X +
1649 Points (19%)
2241 Points (26%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
A9X +
3097 Points (31%)
1721 Points (17%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A9X +
5284 Points (6%)
5605 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A9X +
min: 5268     avg: 5344     median: 5343.5 (8%)     max: 5419 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A9X +
min: 3079     avg: 3140     median: 3139.5 (47%)     max: 3200 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A9X +
min: 1550     avg: 1560     median: 1559.5 (53%)     max: 1569 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A9X +
855 MFLOPS (84%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A9X +
min: 1499     avg: 1523     median: 1522.5 (2%)     max: 1546 ms
3897 ms (5%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A9X +
181 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
A9X +
min: 19621     avg: 19737     median: 19736.5 (17%)     max: 19852 Points
10322 Points (9%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
A9X +
101 Points (21%)
62 Points (13%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 A9X +
min: 168840     avg: 176593     median: 176593 (60%)     max: 184346 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
A9X +
7954 Points (24%)
7831 Points (24%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
A9X +
38538 Points (47%)
36958 Points (45%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
A9X +
89250 Points (28%)
37658 Points (12%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
A9X +
81273 Points (50%)
61747 Points (38%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
A9X +
217015 Points (38%)
144194 Points (25%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A9X +
min: 58793     avg: 59226     median: 59226 (8%)     max: 59659 Points
172805 Points (23%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
5827 Points (38%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
7029 Points (35%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A9X → 100% n=14

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 9610 → 100% n=14

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