Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
vs
Apple A9

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 and Apple A9 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: February 2016 (February 2016 vs September 2015)
  • Higher Technology: 14 nm (28 nm vs 14 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 1850 MHz (1400 MHz vs 1850 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
February 2016
Launch Date
September 2015
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
MSM8940
Model Name
APL1022
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
8
Cores
2
28 nm
Technology
14 nm
1400 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
1
Transistor count
2

GPU Specifications

Adreno 505
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
450 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
0.0432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
48
Shading units
32
1
Execution units
6
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
1.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
11
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
4.1
Bluetooth
4.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4
800 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
1x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
3 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 21MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
NVMe
1K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon 536
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 435
141
A9
623 +342%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 435
620
A9
957 +54%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 435
44
A9
244 +455%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 435
116204
A9
291673 +151%