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Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1) |
| Architecture | A9 | Krait |
| Technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Twister | 4x Krait |
| Frequency: | 1.85 GHz | 1.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Adreno 320 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.55 - 0.55 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | / 16 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | |
| Technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon QDSP6 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2013 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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