Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Apple A9
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2400 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
4 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
L3 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
TDP
—
5 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 710
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
940 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
—
6
Shading units
—
32
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
1.2
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 2.2
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
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, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Apple M9
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.2
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Sep 2015
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6475-AB
APL1022
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
570,038
285,954
FP32 (float)
481
249
Geekbench 6
—
623
Geekbench 6
—
957
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.