Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3200MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 9 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
+664%
2186467
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
1850 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
2.75 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Adreno 825
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
24
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
-
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
6.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Apr 2025
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
SM8735
