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Apple A9X vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 712

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9X
Rank 2 - 60 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
763
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
450
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 89 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,251
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
1,410
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
652
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
401
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 83 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,198
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
1,447
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
Apple A9X
499
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
Qualcomm Adreno 616
384
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
272,103 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
195,433 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
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 A8X
SuccessorApple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
2.26 GHz
2x Kryo 360 Gold
2.30 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 A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
GPU nameApple A9XQualcomm Adreno 616
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.75 - 0.75 GHz
CUs / Shader48 / 384 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2018

NPU AI performance

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Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 685 @ 3 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
TDP8 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A9XQualcomm Snapdragon 712
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2019
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A9X
Apple A9X
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

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Apple A9X
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