Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 1800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.2496 TFLOPS vs 0.1536 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 13.91GB/s)
Higher Frequency (1850MHz vs 1800MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 's Advantages
More modern manufacturing process (11nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (3W vs 5W)
Released 4 years and 4 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
+45%
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
195931
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
+129%
623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
272
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
+4%
999
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
+62%
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
0.153 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Gold
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Silver
1850 MHz
Frequency
1800 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
11 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
3 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 610
650 MHz
GPU frequency
600 MHz
6
Execution units
1
32
Shading units
128
4
Max size
8
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1536 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
13.91 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 683
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
X11
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Jan 2020
Flagship
Class
Low end
APL1022
Model number
SM4250-AA
