Processor Apple A9, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple A9

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series
• Generation
  9
• CPU group
  Apple A9/A9X
• Predecessor
  Apple A8
• Successor
  Apple A10 Fusion

Apple A9 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  1.85 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  2x Twister
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  Apple A9
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
• Technology
  16 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  Decode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  2 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  1
• PCIe version
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  5 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A9
• Technology
  16 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2015
• Part Number
  --

Common positions Apple A9 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  1068 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1308 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1237 place
• AnTuTu 8 benchmark
  84 place