Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 . 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 0.1248 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 7.46GB/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2000MHz vs 1850MHz)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
+83%
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
156131
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
+100%
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
0.124 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
1850 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
14 nm
2
Transistor count
2
5 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 506
650 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
6
Execution units
1
32
Shading units
96
4
Max size
8
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1248 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.0
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR3
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
1x 32 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Hexagon 546
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
X9
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Feb 2016
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
MSM8953
