Snapdragon 720G vs Apple A9
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (Adreno 618) with the older 2-core Apple A9 (PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
- Has 6 more cores
- Announced 4-years and 5-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 14 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 63%) AnTuTu 8 score – 281K vs 172K
- 24% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 1850 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A9
- Has 7 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 720G
- Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.91 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 99886 | 70699 |
| GPU | 71529 | 36687 |
| Memory | 50549 | 31959 |
| UX | 52632 | 35338 |
| Total score | 281348 | 172558 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 108.75 Mpixels/s | 53.4 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 15.55 images/s | 9.04 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 27.15 words/s | 21.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 25.5 images/s | 26.3 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 16.15 images/s | 12.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.18 Mnodes/s | 1.34 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 561.5 Krows/s | 313 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 43 FPS [High] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 40 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Low] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 34 FPS [Medium] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [High] |
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| Device | Realme 7 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 720G and Apple A9CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister |
| Cores | 8 | 2 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 2 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 750 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 386 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP | No |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | 384 kHz/32 bit | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | Qualcomm MDM9635M |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 450 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | September 2015 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7125 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site | - |
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