Comparison of Apple A9X and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G [S]ave
| Attribute |  Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G × |  Apple A9X × |
|---|---|---|
| General Information | ||
| Brand | Qualcomm | Apple |
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Apple A series |
| Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G | Apple A9X |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | ||
| CPU Cores | 8 | 2 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 1.8 | 2.16 |
| CPU Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Hyperthreading | - | - |
| Overclocking | - | - |
| A core | 2x Cortex-A76 | 2x Twister |
| B core | 6x Cortex-A55 | - |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 2.3 | 2.26 |
| Turbo (2 Cores) (GHz) | - | 2.26 |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | 2.3 | - |
| Encryption | ||
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | ||
| JPEG | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h264 | Decode / Encode | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode | No |
| VP8 | Decode | Decode |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | Decode | Decode |
| VP9 | Decode | No |
| AVC | Decode | Decode |
| Internal Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 618 | Apple A9X |
| GPU frequency (GHz) | 0.7 | 0.65 |
| Generation | 6 | 6 |
| DirectX Version | 12.1 | - |
| Execution units | 0 | 12 |
| Shader | 128 | 384 |
| Max. GPU Memory (GB) | 4 | 4 |
| Max. displays | 2 | 1 |
| GPU Release date (year) | 2019 | 2015 |
| Memory And PCIe | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-1866 | LPDDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 8 | 4 |
| ECC | - | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | ||
| Release date (year) | 2020 | 2015 |
| Technology (Nm) | 8 | 16 |
| Virtualization |
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| L2-Cache (MB) | - | 3 |
| Architecture | Kryo 465 Gold/465 Silver | A9X |
| Instruction set (ISA) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | ||
| TDP (PL1) (W) | - | 8 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) | 358 | 499 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 559 | 652 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 1,703 | 1,198 |
| AnTuTu 8 benchmark | 268,796 | 272,103 |
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