Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A9
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs Apple A9. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 309916 | 106215 |
| GPU | 432105 | 80649 |
| Memory | 243964 | 59673 |
| UX | 313105 | 86227 |
| NanoReview Score | 1299090 | 332764 |
| Stability | 82 % | 75 % |
| Graphics Test | 56 fps | 11 fps |
| File Compression | 203.3 MB/s | 43.4 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 124.4 pages/s | 16.1 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 143.5 MP/sec | 24.7 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 22.2 frames/s | 3.08 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 60.2 frames/s | 8.39 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 130 frames/s | 9.06 frames/s |
| HDR | 169.9 MP/sec | 28.7 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 5.93 MP/sec | 1.27 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche - 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 6 | 2 |
| Frequency | 3230 | 1850 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 4 MB |
| Process tech. | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | 2 billion |
| Power (TDP) | 6 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A15 GPU | PowerVR GT7600 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) |
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution Units | 5 | 6 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 32 |
| Total shader | 640 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 1712.6 GFLOPS | 249.6 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 1.2 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Apple Neural Engine | Apple M9 |
| GPU Frequency | 15.8 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory Frequency | 2133 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 2x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max. resolution | 2732x2048 pixels | 2048x1536 pixels |
| Camera | n/a | 1x32 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
- H.264 - H.265 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | n/a | Qualcomm MDM9635M |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G Support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 MB/s | Up to 450 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 3000 MB/s | Up to 150 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo |
Other
| Announced | September, 2021 yr | September, 2015 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1W07 | APL1022 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A15 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.
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