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Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 415

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Rank 2 - 18 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Rank 2 - 32 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C / 8T · 1.40 GHz
100
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C / 8T · 1.40 GHz
329
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
Apple A9
250
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Qualcomm Adreno 405
53

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (4)
ArchitectureA9Cortex-A53
Technology16 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Twister 8x Cortex-A53
Frequency: 1.85 GHz 1.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
GPU nameApple A9Qualcomm Adreno 405
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.55 - 0.55 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm28 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2014

NPU AI performance

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon V50
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1333 (5.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB4 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C / 8T · 1.40 GHz

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