Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Apple A9

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs Apple A9. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Apple A9
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
817003
Apple A9
332764
CPU263765106215
GPU26115580649
Memory13760959673
UX15447486227
NanoReview Score817003332764
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
Apple A9
1850
Stabilityn/a75 %
Graphics Test35 fps11 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
Apple A9
619
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
Apple A9
953
File Compression164.1 MB/s43.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s16.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec24.7 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s3.08 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s8.39 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s9.06 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec28.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec1.27 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 2
Frequency 2630 1850
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 720 PowerVR GT7600
Architecture Adreno 700 PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 2 6
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 512 192
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Apple M9

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels 2048x1536 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 Qualcomm MDM9635M
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 6
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 450 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2015 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB APL1022

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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