Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1 vs A9X
            Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
            
                
            
        
    
            A9X
            
                
            
        
    | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3GHz Clock | 2 Cores 2 Threads 2.26GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUAdreno 685 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUPowerVR GT7850 A9X 500 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S N/A 0% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 760
                                            
                                             19% | 
| GB6M N/A 0% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 1,160
                                            
                                             4% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerQualcomm | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureKryo 495 | ArchitectureApple Silicon 4 | 
| FamilySQ Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename - - Microsoft SQ1 P-Core Cortex-A76 - - E-Core Cortex-A55 | Codename Elba - A9X - Twister - - - - | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 10/2/2019 | Release Date 11/11/2015 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N7 - - - | Node 16FF+ - - - | 
| Die Size Unknown - - - | Die Size 144 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count Unknown - - - | Transistor Count 3.5 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 2 Cores - - - | 
| 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 2 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3GHz - - | - 2.26GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 1.8GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 512KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | L2 - - 3MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 2MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - 3MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 8 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 16GB | Max Memory 2GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | Clock 1600MHz Transfer Rate 3200MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 51.2GB/s | 
| TDP Unknown - - - | TDP 8W - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| Adreno 685 1536 Shaders 590MHz 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | PowerVR GT7850 A9X 384 Shaders 650MHz 500 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| Hexagon 690 | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| 7 TOPS  | -  | 
| ISP Spectra 390 (192 MP single camera /
22 MP at 30fps dual camera with MFNR/ZSL) | - - | 
| Modem Qualcomm X24 4G | No Cellular | 
| Speed Up to 2000Mbps Download Up to 316Mbps Upload | 
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