Apple A9X vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Apple A9X

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Apple A9X

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Apple A9X	--VS--	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Apple A series	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon
Apple A9/A9X	Group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
9.	Generation	3.
A9	Architecture	Kryo
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple A8X	Predecessor	--
Apple A10X Fusion	Successor	--
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
2	Cores	4
2	Thread	4
2.16 GHz	Frequency	1.60 GHz
2.26 GHz	Turbo (1 Core)	2.15 GHz
2.26 GHz	Turbo (All Cores)	2.15 GHz
normal	Core Architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking	No
GPU - Internal Graphics
Apple A9X	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 530
0.65 GHz	GPU Frequency	0.62 GHz
No turbo	GPU Turbo	0.62 GHz
6	GPU Generation	5
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	0
12	Execution Units	0
384	Shader	256
4 GB	Max GPU Memory	--
	DirectX Version	11,1
Hardware codec support
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode
Memory & PCIe
LPDDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4-1866
	Max memory
2	Memory channels	4
	ECC
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	--
	PCIe version
	PCIe lanes
Thermal Management
8 W	TDP (PL1)
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
	ISA extensions
N/A	Socket	N/A
None	Virtualization	None
8 W	AES-NI
Q3/2015	Release date	Q4/2015
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Apple A9X

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Apple A9X 652 (35%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 297 (16%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Apple A9X 1198 (3%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 773 (2%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Apple A9X 499 (5%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 476 (5%)

AnTuTu 8 benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

Apple A9X 272103 (38%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (0%)

Electric Usage Estimate

Average hours of use per day

Average CPU Utilization (0-100%)

Power cost, dollar per kWh

Electric Usage Estimate

Average hours of use per day

Average CPU Utilization (0-100%)

Power cost, dollar per kWh

Apple A9X		Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
8 W	Max TDP
NA	Power consumption per day (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per day	NA
NA	Power consumption per year (kWh)	NA
NA	Running cost per year	NA