Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

VS

Apple A9

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2630MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple A9 Advantages

Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (25.6GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2630MHz vs 1850MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Released 8 years and 2 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A9

285954

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 +203%

866863

Apple A9

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU

2x 1.85 GHz – Twister

Architecture

1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510

1850 MHz

Frequency

2630 MHz

2

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv8.6-A

3 MB

L2 cache

-

0

L3 cache

0

14 nm

Process

4 nm

2

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

6 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

PowerVR GT7600

GPU name

Adreno 720

650 MHz

GPU frequency

-

6

Execution units

-

32

Shading units

-

4

Max size

16

0.2496 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.1

Vulkan version

1.3

1.2

OpenCL version

2.0

11

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4

Memory type

LPDDR5

1333 MHz

Memory frequency

3200 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

14.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

25.6 Gbit/s

AI

-

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Apple M9

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1

2048 x 1536

Max display resolution

3360 x 1600

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Qualcomm MDM9635M

Modem

Snapdragon X63

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 22

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 5000 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1600 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

4.2

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Sep 2015

Announced

Nov 2023

Flagship

Class

Mid range

APL1022

Model number

SM7550-AB

-

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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