CPUs

Apple S9 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 Full Specs

2 Cores
2 Threads
2.02GHz
5 Cores(4P+1E)
5 Threads(4P+1E)
1.7GHz
TDP
2W
TDP
3W
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
LPDDR5
Bandwidth
8.5GB/s
LPDDR4
iGPU
iGPU
··
112.6 GFLOPSFP16
··
865.3 GFLOPSFP16

2 Cores
2P
-
5 Cores
4P
1E
2 Threads
2P
-
5 Threads
4P
1E

Base Clock
2.02GHz
Base Clock
1.7GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
128KB P
L1i
-
L1d
64KB P
L1d
-
L2
4MB P shared
L2
-
-
SLC Cache
4MB
SLC Cache
-

Type
LPDDR5
Type
LPDDR4
Max Memory
2GB
Max Memory
-
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
1
Channels
1
Bus Width
32-bit
Bus Width
16-bit
Speed
6400MT/s
Speed
4266MT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
8.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
··
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
··
8.5GB/s

TDP
2W
TDP
3W

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
128
Shaders
256
Boost Clock
440MHz
Boost Clock
845MHz
··
112.6 GFLOPSFP16
··
865.3 GFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
H15 Crius
NPU Model
-
NPU Cores
4
NPU Cores
-
Performance
4.3 TOPSFP16
Performance
-

Modem Model
-
Modem Model
X5
Peak Down
-
Peak Down
Up to 150Mbps
Peak Up
-
Peak Up
Up to 50Mbps

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
S9  branding
Branding
Snapdragon W5 Gen 1  branding
Codename
Caicos
Sawtooth P-Core
-
Codename
-
Cortex-A53P-Core
Cortex-M55E-Core
Market Segment
Smartwatch
Market Segment
Smartwatch
Release Date
Sep 12, 2023
Release Date
Aug 1, 2022

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
Fabrication Node
N4P
Fabrication Node
28nm LP
Die Size
41mm²
Die Size
-
Transistor Count
5.6 Billion
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Density
135 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
-