Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 1800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 . 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 )
Higher Frequency (1850MHz vs 1800MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
+58%
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
179988
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
+110%
623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
296
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
+9%
1047
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
+100%
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
0.124 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53)
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
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
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
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 40MP, 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, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, 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
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Jun 2018
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
SDM632
