Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
1850 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
512
Vulkan version
1.1
1.4
OpenCL version
1.2
3.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
76.8 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
-
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
-
Hexagon
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
3,561,559
Geekbench 6
623
2,749
Geekbench 6
957
9,860
FP32 (float)
249
2,457