CPU A
Apple A9
2 cores 1850 MHz 14 nanometers PowerVR GT7600
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
8 cores 2800 MHz 6 nanometers Adreno 610
Compared fields
43
Different values
38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A9
- Higher listed download speed
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
CPU
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 1.85 GHz - Twister | 4x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 2 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 1850 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process technology | 14 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistors | 2 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 5 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | Not available |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1333 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | PowerVR GT7600 | Adreno 610 |
| GPU architecture | Rogue | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 1260 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | Not available |
| Shaders | 192 | 128 |
| FLOPS | Not available | 319.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 11 | 12.1 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Apple M9 | Hexagon 686 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 6 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 450 Mbps | Up to 390 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
General
| Specification | Apple A9 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2015 | March 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | APL0898 | SM6225-AD |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 2.2 |
| Devices in database | 13 | 9 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A9
4G
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 32 GB
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po
4G
Apple iPhone 6s 32 GB
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70 in…
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 1715 mAh
Apple iPad 9.7 WiFi 128 GB
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- Storage
- 128 GB
Apple iPad 9.7 WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- Storage
- 32 GB
4G
Apple iPad 9.7 128 GB
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- Storage
- 128 GB
4G
Apple iPad 9.7
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- Storage
- 32 GB
Apple iPad Pro 9.7 WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po
4G
Apple iPad Pro 9.7
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1536 × 2048 pixels (9.70 i…
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
4G
Oppo Reno12 FS 4G
- Display
- AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Oppo Reno12 F 4G
- Display
- AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9a WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor Pad X9a
- Display
- IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X8c
- Display
- AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9 Pro
- Display
- IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X7c 4G
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1610 pixe…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 6000 mAh
Honor Pad X9
- Display
- IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 7250 mAh
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