Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 vs Apple A9
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.84 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2200 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
1.75
2
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L3 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 512
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
850 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
1
6
Shading units
128
32
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.9 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Apple M9
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
225,927
285,954
Geekbench 6
345
623
Geekbench 6
1,242
957
FP32 (float)
217
249