Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
1850 MHz
2300 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
10 nm
Transistor count
2
3
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 616
GPU frequency
650 MHz
750 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Hexagon 685 DSP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3360 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 15
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Feb 2019
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1022
SDM712
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
330,570
Geekbench 6
623
448
Geekbench 6
957
1,441
FP32 (float)
249
384
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.