Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
1800 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
3 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 506
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
600 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
1
6
Shading units
96
32
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
Apple M9
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Jun 2017
Sep 2015
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
SDM450
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
153,310
285,954
Geekbench 6
169
623
Geekbench 6
763
957
FP32 (float)
115
249
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.