Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2300MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.384 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2300MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Released 3 years and 5 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
+15%
330570
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
+39%
623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
448
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
+50%
1441
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
+54%
0.384 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55)
1850 MHz
Frequency
2300 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
384 KB
0
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
10 nm
2
Transistor count
3
5 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 616
650 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
6
Execution units
2
32
Shading units
128
4
Max size
8
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.384 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
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 685 DSP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
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 LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
X15
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 15
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 800 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Feb 2019
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
SDM712
