Apple A9
24D
Cores2
Frequency1850 MHz
Process14 nanometers
GPUPowerVR GT7600
MemoryLPDDR4
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 11419,670
Geekbench 6633 / 1014
Single-Core Score633
Multi-Core Score1014
Compute Score (GPU)3185
Full specifications
AnTuTu 11
CPU
162356
GPU
70340
Memory
60725
UX
126249
Total score
419670
GeekBench 6
Asset compression
44.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser
14.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
32 Mpixels/sec
Image detection
7.3 images/sec
HDR
40.2 Mpixels/sec
Background blur
2.89 images/sec
Photo processing
7.75 images/sec
Ray tracing
1.28 Mpixels/sec
Samples
3 tests
Background blur
7.83 images/sec
Face detection
6.17 images/sec
Horizon detection
0.1 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection
0.14 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur
0.31 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching
0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching
7.82 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics
299.1 FPS
API
Metal
Samples
4 tests
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Cores
2
Frequency
1850 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
L2 cache
3 MB
L3 cache
4 MB
Process
14 nanometers
Transistor count
2 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Architecture
PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU frequency
650 MHz
Pipelines
6
Shading units
32
Total shaders
192
FLOPS
249.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
AI Accelerator
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Memory
Memory type
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gb/s
Max size
4 GB
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264 / - H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC / - AIFF / - CAF / - MP3 / - MP4 / - WAV
Connectivity
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
Bluetooth
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
September 2015
Class
Flagship
Model number
APL1021
Successor
- Apple A19 Pro
Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.
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