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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Apple A9

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 67 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Rank 2 - 61 %
Apple A9
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
416
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
1,489
Apple A9
Apple A9 62 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
384
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 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
1,685
Apple A9
Apple A9 61 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm Adreno 540
567
Apple A9
Apple A9 44 %
Apple A9
250
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
276,983 pts
Apple A9
Apple A9 62 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
172,160 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835Apple A9
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 830 (1)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureKryo 280A9
Technology10 nm16 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Kryo 280 Gold
2.45 GHz
2x Twister
1.85 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Kryo 280 Silver
1.90 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 540Apple A9
GPU frequency0.71 - 0.71 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader / 38424 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology10 nm16 nm
Release dateQ1/2017Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 682
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR4X-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB2 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835Apple A9
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ2/2017Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz

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