Apple A9X vs AMD RX-427BB

Comparative analysis of Apple A9X and AMD RX-427BB 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, 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 A9X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 vs 20 May 2014
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-427BB

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 159192% higher clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2.26 GHz
  • 2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3600 MHz vs 2.26 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9X
CPU 2: AMD RX-427BB

Name Apple A9X AMD RX-427BB
PassMark - Single thread mark 1509
PassMark - CPU mark 2516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 12.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5750

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9X AMD RX-427BB

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Bald Eagle
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 20 May 2014
OS Support iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1697 1611
Processor Number APL1W24 RX-427BB
Family AMD R-Series
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 2.16 GHz 2700 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 2.26 GHz 3600 MHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 3 billion
64 bit support
Die size 928 mm2

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR3-2133

Graphics

Execution Units 48
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 600 MHz
iGPU core count 12
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT Radeon R7 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Number of pipelines 512
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 30-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA
Sockets supported BGA (FP3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)