Apple A9 vs AMD R-272F

Comparative analysis of Apple A9 and AMD R-272F 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1187 vs 1087
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2067 vs 1215
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 vs 21 May 2012
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187 vs 1087
PassMark - CPU mark 2067 vs 1215

Reasons to consider the AMD R-272F

  • Around 73% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1.85 GHz
  • 768x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 1.85 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9
CPU 2: AMD R-272F

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1187
1087
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2067
1215
Name Apple A9 AMD R-272F
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187 1087
PassMark - CPU mark 2067 1215

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9 AMD R-272F

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Piledriver
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 21 May 2012
OS Support iOS 9.0, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 2056 2189
Processor Number APL1021
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 1.85 GHz 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 96 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 1.85 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 2 billion
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 100 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600, DDR3U-1600

Graphics

Execution Units 24
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 497 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series 7XT @ 650MHz Radeon HD 7520G
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4
VGA

Graphics API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)