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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs Apple A9
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A9
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A9
98 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A9
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A9
88 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Qualcomm Adreno 506
Apple A9
100 %
Apple A9
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 (2) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A53 | A9 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x Cortex-A53 | 2x Twister |
| Frequency: | 2.00 GHz | 1.85 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 506 | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 0.65 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | / 96 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 546 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q2/2016 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Your rating
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