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