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Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio G25

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Rank 2 - 25 %
MediaTek Helio G25
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Rank 2 - 65 %
MediaTek Helio G25
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
MediaTek Helio G25
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
139
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
MediaTek Helio G25
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
845
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
Apple A9
250
MediaTek Helio G25
PowerVR GE8320
42
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
172,160 pts
MediaTek Helio G25
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
93,586 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Helio (37)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)MediaTek Helio G20/G30 (4)
ArchitectureA9Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
Technology16 nm12 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
1.85 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
2.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.50 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
GPU nameApple A9PowerVR GE8320
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1921 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm20 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-933 (7.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB6 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Helio G25
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
MediaTek Helio G25
MediaTek Helio G25
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

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