Apple A9X processor review

Apple A9X

A9X processor released by Apple; release date: 7 Sep 2016. The processor is based on Twister microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 2, threads - 2. Maximum CPU clock speed - 2.26 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 16 nm. Cache size: L1 - 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core), L2 - 3 MB (shared).

Supported memory types: LPDDR4-3200. Maximum memory size: 4 GB.

The processor has integrated graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT with the following parameters: cores count - 12.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
4869
1510
PassMark
CPU mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
156834
2517
Name Value
PassMark - Single thread mark 1510
PassMark - CPU mark 2517

Integrated graphics – Apple A9X

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines 12
Render output units 48

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister
Launch date 7 Sep 2016
OS Support iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1697
Processor Number APL1W24

Performance

Base frequency 2.16 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm
Maximum frequency 2.26 GHz
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 3 billion

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200

Graphics

Execution Units 48
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
iGPU core count 12
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT