Apple A9 vs AMD GX-424CC

Comparative analysis of Apple A9 and AMD GX-424CC processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 vs 6 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 2048 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-424CC

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9
CPU 2: AMD GX-424CC

Name Apple A9 AMD GX-424CC
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187
PassMark - CPU mark 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2698

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9 AMD GX-424CC

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Steppe Eagle
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 6 June 2014
OS Support iOS 9.0, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 2056 2215
Processor Number APL1021
Family AMD G-Series
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 1.85 GHz 2400 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 2048 KB
L3 cache 4 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 1.85 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 2 billion
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 90 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR3-1866
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 24
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 497 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series 7XT @ 650MHz Radeon R5E

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3b)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)