Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs Apple A9
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2400 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
6 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
5 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 610
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
1110 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
1
6
Shading units
128
32
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12.1
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
Apple M9
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
310,059
285,954
Geekbench 6
414
623
Geekbench 6
1,447
957
FP32 (float)
284
249