The Apple A9 processor scores 1983 points in the Passmark benchmark, featuring Two 1.85GHz Twister cores. This performance is comparable to the Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 and Samsung Exynos 7420.
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| Benchmark |
Apple A9 Score |
| AnTuTu |
173833 |
| Geekbench (Multi Core) |
1022 |
| Geekbench (Single Core) |
556 |
| Passmark |
1983 |
Apple A9 Specification
| Apple A9 Specification |
Details |
| Designed by |
Apple |
| Model |
A9 |
| Manufacturer |
TSMC |
| Launch date |
September 2015 |
| Architecture |
ARMv8-A |
| Bit width |
64-bit support |
| Architecture |
Dual-core: 2x 1.85GHz Twister |
| Number of Cores / Threads |
2 |
| Clock Speed |
up to 1.85 GHz |
| Big |
Two 1.85GHz Twister |
| Level 1 Cache |
64 KB |
| Level 2 Cache |
3 MB |
| Level 3 Cache |
4 MB |
| Transistor Count |
2 Million |
| Integrated GPU |
Apple 3 Cores |
| GPU Cores |
6 |
| GPU frequency |
650 MHz |
| Shading units |
32 |
| Total shaders |
192 |
| Vulkan |
1.1 |
| OpenCL |
1.2 |
| AI processor (machine learning) |
Apple M9 |
| Max display resolution |
2048 x 1536 |
| Max camera resolution |
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture |
4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback |
4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs |
H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs |
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Max Memory |
4GB |
| RAM Type |
LPDDR4 |
| Maximum bandwidth |
14.9 Gbps |
| Bus |
2x 16 Bit |
| Storage |
NVMe |
| Technology Process |
16 nm |
| Wattage (peak TDP) |
5W |
| Features |
Apple modem up to 150 Mbps |
| 4G Modes |
LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support |
No |
| Wi-Fi version |
5 |
| Bluetooth version |
4.2 |
| Navigation |
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |