Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.4864 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (17GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (8nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (3W vs 5W)
Released 6 years and 1 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
+27%
363972
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
+39%
866
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
+94%
1859
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
+95%
0.486 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
1850 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
8 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
3 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 619
650 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
6
Execution units
2
32
Shading units
128
4
Max size
8
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.4864 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
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
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, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
Snapdragon X51
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 800 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Oct 2021
Flagship
Class
Low end
APL1022
Model number
SM4350-AC
