Samsung Exynos 7884B vs Apple A9

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 7884B, vs Apple A9. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 7884B and Apple A9
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 7884B
155644
Apple A9
332764
CPU54471106215
GPU1690280649
Memory5053759673
UX3373486227
NanoReview Score155644332764
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 7884B
323
Apple A9
1850
Stability95 %75 %
Graphics Test1 fps11 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7884B
254
Apple A9
619
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 7884B
802
Apple A9
953
File Compression50.1 MB/s43.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser24.6 pages/s16.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering31.5 MP/sec24.7 MP/sec
Background Blur1.36 frames/s3.08 frames/s
Photo Processing6.18 frames/s8.39 frames/s
Image Detection9.46 frames/s9.06 frames/s
HDR31.9 MP/sec28.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing968.8 MP/sec1.27 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 6x 1.35 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 2
Frequency 1560 1850
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 2 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G71 MP2 PowerVR GT7600
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 845 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 2 6
Shader Units 12 32
Total shader 24 192
FLOPS 40.6 GFLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Apple M9

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4 LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 7.8 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 2220x1080 pixels 2048x1536 pixels
Camera 1x21 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Qualcomm MDM9635M
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 6
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 450 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2019 yr September, 2015 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename n/a APL1022

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