Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A9
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
4320 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
8
2
Instruction set
ARMv8.7-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
24 MB
0
Process
3 nm
14 nm
TDP
8 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 830
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
650 MHz
Shading units
1536
32
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
OpenCL version
3.0
1.2
DirectX version
12.1
11
Execution units
-
6
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
42.7 GB/s
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Apple M9
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Oct 2024
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8750-AB
APL1022
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,070,269
285,954
Geekbench 6
3,234
623
Geekbench 6
10,059
957
FP32 (float)
3,379
249