Attribute | ![]() Apple A9 × | ![]() Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 × |
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General Information | ||
Brand | Apple | Qualcomm |
Series | Apple A series | Qualcomm Snapdragon |
Model | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
CPU Cores | 2 | 8 |
Frequency (GHz) | 1.85 | 1.8 |
CPU Threads | 2 | 8 |
Core architecture | normal | normal |
Hyperthreading | - | - |
Overclocking | - | - |
A core | 2x Twister | 4x Cortex-A73 |
B core | - | 4x Cortex-A53 |
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | - | 1.8 |
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | - | 1.8 |
Encryption | ||
AES-NI | + | + |
Hardware codec support | ||
JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
h264 | Decode | Decode / Encode |
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | Decode |
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | Decode |
VP8 | Decode | Decode |
AV1 | No | No |
VC-1 | Decode | Decode |
VP9 | No | Decode |
AVC | Decode | Decode |
Internal Graphics | ||
GPU name | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Adreno 610 |
GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.65 | - |
Generation | 6 | 6 |
DirectX Version | - | 12.1 |
Execution units | 6 | 0 |
Shader | 192 | 128 |
Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 4 | 4 |
Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
GPU Release date (year) | 2015 | 2019 |
Memory And PCIe | ||
Memory type | LPDDR4-3200 | LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1866 |
Max. Memory (GB) | 2 | - |
ECC | - | - |
Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
Technical details | ||
Release date (year) | 2015 | 2020 |
Technology (Nm) | 16 | 11 |
Virtualization |
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L3-Cache (MB) | 4 | - |
L2-Cache (MB) | 3 | - |
Architecture | A9 | ARM Cortex-A73/-A53 |
Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
Thermal Management | ||
TDP (PL1) (W) | 5 | - |
Benchmarks | ||
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 250 | 273 |
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 558 | 249 |
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,024 | 1,259 |
AnTuTu 8 benchmark | 172,160 | 146,389 |