Apple A9 vs Apple A8X

Comparative analysis of Apple A9 and Apple A8X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory.

Apple A9

Apple A9

vs

Apple A8X

Apple A8X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 20 nm

Launch date	9 Sep 2015 vs 16 Oct 2014
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 20 nm

Reasons to consider the Apple A8X

Around 33% higher pipelines: 8 vs 6

Pipelines	8 vs 6

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A9	Apple A8X
Essentials
Launch date	9 Sep 2015	16 Oct 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	20 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	249.6 GFLOPS	230.4 GFLOPS
Pipelines	6	8
Render output units	24	32
Memory
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR4-3200	LPDDR3-1600