Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Frequency
1850 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
2
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
128 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
2
1
TDP
5 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 330
GPU frequency
650 MHz
578 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
1.2
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
No
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.0
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2560 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 21MP
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
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 5
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Feb 2014
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
MSM8974 v3
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
126,118
Geekbench 6
623
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Geekbench 6
957
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FP32 (float)
249
148
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.