Product Compare
Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Frequency | 1850 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| Cores | 2 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 | 8 MB |
| Process | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 2 | |
| TDP | 5 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | PowerVR GT7600 | Adreno 735 |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 256 |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1333 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 67.2 Gbit/s |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple M9 | Hexagon |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2048 x 1536 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 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. 22 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 450 Mbps | Up to 6500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2015 | Mar 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1022 | SM8635 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 285954 | 1490645 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 623 | 2019 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 957 | 5570 |
| FP32 (float) | 249 | 1689 |