Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
1850 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
2
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
5 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
650 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
32
256
Vulkan version
1.1
1.0
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Hexagon 680
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
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, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
MSM8996 Pro-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
-
Geekbench 6
623
391
Geekbench 6
957
797
FP32 (float)
249
334