Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus vs Apple A9
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
3100 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
7 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
10.3
2
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 650
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
670 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
2
6
Shading units
512
32
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12.1
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
Apple M9
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Jul 2020
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8250-AB
APL1022
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
796,278
285,954
Geekbench 6
1,163
623
Geekbench 6
3,306
957
FP32 (float)
1,372
249