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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 vs Apple A9

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 32 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 71 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
199
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
736
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
178
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
821
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
Qualcomm Adreno 505
22
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
Apple A9
250
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
90,384 pts
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
172,160 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 439 (1)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A53A9
Technology12 nm16 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A53
1.95 GHz
2x Twister
1.85 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.45 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 505Apple A9
GPU frequency0.45 - 0.45 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader / 4824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology28 nm16 nm
Release dateQ4/2015Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 536
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
MemoryLPDDR3-1333 (5.4 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB2 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439Apple A9
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2018Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
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