Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 710
GPU frequency
650 MHz
940 MHz
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
25.6 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 200MP
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
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Sep 2023
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1022
SM7435-AB
AI
NPU
-
Yes
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
598,370
Geekbench 6
623
1,012
Geekbench 6
957
2,943
FP32 (float)
249
481