Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple A9
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Frequency
2342 MHz
1850 MHz
Cores
4
2
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
11 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
PowerVR GT7600
GPU frequency
653 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
1
6
Shading units
256
32
Vulkan version
1.0
1.1
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Apple M9
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
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. 12
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
APL1022
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
623
Geekbench 6
797
957
FP32 (float)
334
249
AnTuTu 10
-
285,954