Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2910MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7817 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (25.6GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2910MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 6 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+289%
1112797
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+172%
1699
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+361%
4419
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+615%
1.781 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
1850 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
2 MB
0
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
10.2
5 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 725
650 MHz
GPU frequency
580 MHz
6
Execution units
2
32
Shading units
768
4
Max size
16
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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
X62
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4400 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Mar 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
SM7475-AB
