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Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Rank 2 - 70 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 73 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
428
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 67 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
1,376
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 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
408
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A9
Apple A9 67 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
1,526
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9
Apple A9 65 %
Apple A9
250
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Qualcomm Adreno 616
384
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A9
Apple A9 80 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
172,160 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
214,193 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (2)
ArchitectureA9Kryo 360
Technology16 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
1.85 GHz
2x Kryo 360 Gold
2.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Kryo 360 Silver
1.70 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
GPU nameApple A9Qualcomm Adreno 616
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.75 - 0.75 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2018

NPU AI performance

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 685 @ 3 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB8 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2018
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

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