Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
1850 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
10.3
TDP
5 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 650
GPU frequency
650 MHz
670 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
512
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Hexagon 698
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Jan 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
SM8250-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
810,488
Geekbench 6
623
1,151
Geekbench 6
957
3,336
FP32 (float)
249
1,372