CPUs

Apple A9X vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ Full Specs

2 Cores
2 Threads
2.26GHz
8 Cores(1P+3M+4E)
8 Threads(1P+3M+4E)
3.1GHz
TDP
8W
TDP
5W
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
LPDDR4
Bandwidth
44GB/s
·
iGPU
iGPU
··
998.4 GFLOPSFP16
··
2.06 TFLOPSFP16

2 Cores
2P
-
-
8 Cores
1P
3M
4E
2 Threads
2P
-
-
8 Threads
1P
3M
4E

Base Clock
2.26GHz
Base Clock
3.1GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
-
-
L1i
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L1d
64KB P
-
-
L1d
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L2
3MB P shared
L2
512KB P
256KB M
128KB E
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L3
-
L3
4MB
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
3MB

Type
LPDDR4
Type
·
Max Memory
2GB
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
2
Channels
4
Bus Width
128-bit
Bus Width
64-bit
Speed
3200MT/s
Speed
5500MT/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
44GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
··
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
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44GB/s

TDP
8W
TDP
5W

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
384
Shaders
768
Boost Clock
650MHz
Boost Clock
670MHz
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998.4 GFLOPSFP16
··
2.06 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
-
NPU Model
Hexagon 698
NPU Clock
-
NPU Clock
576MHz
Performance
-
Performance
15 TOPS

Modem Model
-
Modem Model
X55
Cellular
-
Cellular
5G mmWave
Peak Down
-
Peak Down
Up to 7.5Gbps
Peak Up
-
Peak Up
Up to 3.0Gbps

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Kryo 585ARMv8.2-A
Family
Family
Branding
A9X  branding
Branding
Snapdragon 5G  branding
Codename
Elba
A9XVariant
TwisterP-Core
-
-
Codename
-
-
Cortex-A77P-Core
Cortex-A77M-Core
Cortex-A55E-Core
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Smartphone
Release Date
Nov 11, 2015
Release Date
Aug 30, 2020

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
16FF+
Fabrication Node
N7P
Die Size
144mm²
Die Size
84mm²
Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
Transistor Count
10.3 Billion
Transistor Density
24 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
123 MTr/mm²