Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
1850 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
8 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
3 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 619
GPU frequency
650 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Hexagon 686
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 800 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
363,972
Geekbench 6
623
866
Geekbench 6
957
1,859
FP32 (float)
249
486