Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A9

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Apple A9. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 8 Gen 3
2052015
Apple A9
332764
CPU436420106215
GPU87067980649
Memory39229659673
UX35262086227
NanoReview Score2052015332764
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Apple A9
1850
Stability73 %75 %
Graphics Test89 fps11 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Apple A9
619
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Apple A9
953
File Compression288.3 MB/s43.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s16.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec24.7 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s3.08 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s8.39 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s9.06 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec28.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec1.27 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 2
Frequency 3300 1850
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 PowerVR GT7600
Architecture Adreno 700 PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 6 6
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1536 192
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2048x1536 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Qualcomm MDM9635M
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 6
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 450 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr September, 2015 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC APL1022

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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