Apple A8 vs AMD A9-9425

Comparative analysis of Apple A8 and AMD A9-9425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A8

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9425

  • Around 147% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
  • 2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1331 vs 915
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1331 vs 915
PassMark - CPU mark 1527 vs 1525

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A8
CPU 2: AMD A9-9425

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
915
1331
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1525
1527
Name Apple A8 AMD A9-9425
PassMark - Single thread mark 915 1331
PassMark - CPU mark 1525 1527
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2034
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 112.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3556
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3556

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A8 AMD A9-9425

Essentials

Architecture codename Typhoon Stoney Ridge
Launch date 9 Sep 2014 2Q18
OS Support iOS 8.0, iOS 12.5.7, iPadOS 15.7.4, audioOS 11.0, tvOS 9.0, tvOS 16.2 Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2376 1566
Processor Number APL1011
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM9425AYN23AC
Series AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 1.1 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB (shared) 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 1.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 2 billion 1200 million
64 bit support
Compute Cores 5
Die size 124 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 1 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR3-1600 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 533 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series 6XT AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)