Processor Apple A9, specifications and benchmarks

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

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

• DirectX Version
  —
• Execution units
  6
• Generation
  6
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A9
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo
• Max. displays
  1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015
• Shader
  192
• Technology
  16 nm

• AV1
  No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode
• VP8
  Decode
• VP9
  No

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

• AES-NI
  No

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  —
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W
• TDP (PL2)
  —
• TDP down
  —
• TDP up
  —

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

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

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  897 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1059 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1188 place
• AnTuTu 8 benchmark
  81 place