It should be noted most Android phones use a "Dual-Quad" design, with a bank of 4x A53 for low-power operation, and a dual or quad set of more powerful processo

It should be noted most Android phones use a "Dual-Quad" design, with a bank of 4x A53 for low-power operation, and a dual or quad set of more powerful processors (A57, M1, etc) for full-power operation. Still, it's interesting to see the single A9 with coprocessor outperform dual M1s - like was said about the reduced core count in the Snapdragon 820: “The most important thing to have is peak single-threaded performance, as most of the time only one or two cores are active." [0] This is apparently true, with the iPhone outperforming despite its A9 running up to 400mhz slower than the Android cohort's Snapdragon. [0] http://trustedreviews.com/opinions/snapdragon-820-vs-snapdragon-810 http://trustedreviews.com/opinions/snapdragon-820-vs-snapdra...