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Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600

Imagination A9 / PowerVR GT7600

The PowerVR GT7600 from Imagination Technologies is a high-end smartphone GPU as part of the Apple A9 SoC for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. At the time of announcement on September 2015, it is the fastest GPU for smartphones and even bests current tablet GPUs.

Architecture

The GT7600 is part of the Series 7XT line-up and is based on a unified shader architecture with 6 clusters that integrate 384 (FP16) and 192 (FP32) ALU cores. Compared to the Series 6XT GPU in the Apple A8 and A8x, ImgTec states that the performance and efficiency of the cores have been improved. Furthermore, the GPU features support for virtualization, hardware-based security, geometry shaders, tessellation, native 10-bit YUV and ASTC LDR/HDR. DirectX 11 and OpenCL FP64 are optional features that are likely not implemented on Apple smartphones and tablets.

Performance

The PowerVR GT7600 is clearly the fastest smartphone GPU on the market as of September 2015. In all of our benchmarks, the GPU is able to beat even the fastest tablet and smartphone GPUs like the PowerVR GXA6850 in the A8x (iPad Air 2), Tegra K1 (Nvidia Shield Tablet) and Adreno 430 (various flagship smartphones). The ARM Mali-T760 MP8 (7420 Octa) in the Galaxy S6 line-up is also no match for the PowerVR GPU. 

The Tegra X1 in the Shield TV console is able to beat the GT7600 in 3DMark 2013 Unlimited GPU (135%), but falls behind in GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan with 79% of the performance. Thanks to the efficient use of the GPU (e.g., IOS apps using Metal), we are expecting a graphical step up in 3D games.

Power Consumption

The PowerVR GT7600 in the Apple A9 should be very energy efficient due in part to the use of 3D transistors and an improved 14/16 nm fabrication process.

Note: The PowerVR GT7600 in the Apple A9 is not officially confirmed by Apple!

PowerVR Series 7XT Series

A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx compare 384
A9 / PowerVR GT7600 192
CodenameRogue
ArchitecturePowerVR Rogue
iGPUIntegrated Graphics
Pipelines192 - unified
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11_2, OpenGL 4.3, ES 3.x
Man. Technology14 nm
FeaturesOpenGL® ES 1.x/2.0/3.x*, AEP, OpenGL 3.3*, DirectX 10_0, OpenCL™ 1.2 EP*, (DirectX 11_2, OpenGL 4.3*, OpenCL 1.2 FP*)
Date of Announcement09.09.2015
Link to Manufacturer Pageimgtec.com
CPU in A9 / PowerVR GT7600GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A92 x 1800 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 41615     avg: 43251     median: 43372.5 (4%)     max: 44645 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
2729 Points (12%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
4763 Points (10%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
2015 Points (8%)
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
2651 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0)
min: 2584     avg: 3016     median: 3149 (28%)     max: 3316 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Graphics
min: 4255     avg: 4377     median: 4320 (26%)     max: 4557 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1)
min: 1957     avg: 2191     median: 2298 (11%)     max: 2318 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics
min: 2519     avg: 2548     median: 2524 (8%)     max: 2601 Points
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GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 28     avg: 28.2     median: 28.1 (1%)     max: 28.5 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 38.4     avg: 39.6     median: 39.8 (2%)     max: 40.6 fps
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 78.9     avg: 79.9     median: 80 (1%)     max: 80.8 fps
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 3484     avg: 4797     median: 5130 (2%)     max: 5445 Points
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 1161     avg: 1766     median: 1957.5 (3%)     max: 1987 Points
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Apple A9, A9 / PowerVR GT7600, 4.7", 143 g
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Apple A9, A9 / PowerVR GT7600, 4.7", 143 g

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Class 3

Adreno 825 *
A19 Pro 6-Core GPU *
A19 GPU *
A19 Pro 5-Core GPU *
A18 Pro GPU *
Intel Graphics 2 Xe3
UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750
DXT-48-1536 *
A18 GPU *
UHD Graphics 730
A12Z Bionic GPU *
A12X Bionic GPU *
A17 Pro GPU *
Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 *
Immortalis-G925 MC16 *
Immortalis-G925 MC12 *
Immortalis-G925 MC11 *
Adreno 750 *
Xclipse 950 *
Xclipse 940 *
Adreno 740 *
Immortalis-G720 MP12 *
Immortalis-G715 MP11 *
A16 GPU 5-Core *
Adreno 725 *
Adreno 722 *
Mali-G720 MP8 *
Mali-G720 MP7 *
Adreno 735 *
A15 GPU 5-Core *
A16 GPU 4-Core *
Adreno 732 *
Adreno 730 *
Mali-G715 MP7 *
Mali-G615 MP6 *
Adreno 720 *
Mali-G710 MP10 *
A15 GPU 4-Core *
A14 Bionic GPU *
Maleoon 920 *
Maleoon 920A *
Xclipse 920 *
Adreno 660 *
Mali-G78 MP24 *
Mali-G710 MP7 *
Mali-G78 MP22 *
A13 Bionic GPU *
A12 Bionic GPU *
Adreno 650 *
Mali-G78 MP20 *
Mali-G78 MP14 *
A11 Bionic GPU *
A10X Fusion GPU *
A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

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* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-02-18)