Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
1850 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
11 nm
Transistor count
2
1.75
TDP
5 W
4 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
650 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
32
128
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
13.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Hexagon 683
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
236,986
Geekbench 6
623
339
Geekbench 6
957
1,209
FP32 (float)
249
243