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Apple A6 vs Apple S6 vs Apple S9 SiP

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

Apple S6

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The Apple S6 is a 64-Bit dual core processor for the Apple Watch Series 6 (40 and 44mm). It integrates a GPU, 32 GB flash memory, Bluetooth 5.0, 1 GB RAM, 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi and satellite positioning (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS). According to Apple the SiP has two CPU cores based on the Apple A13 and offers 20% more performance than the old Apple S5 in the Watch Series 5.

Apple S9 SiP

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The Apple S9 SiP (System in a Package) is a 64-bit processor with two cores (Sawtooth Dual-Core) that is used in the Apple Watch Series 9. The two CPU cores are based on the same microarchitecture as in the Apple A15 SoC. The chip also includes a Neural Engine (with 4 cores) for AI tasks for the first time.

The S9 offers 64 GB internal memory, L1 GPS, GNSS, Galileo and BaeiDou, WLAN 4 (802.11n), Bluetooth 5.3), and LTE / UMTS (optional). The ultra-wideband chip Apple U1 is also integrated.

The chip is manufactured in the modern 4nm process at TSMC (N4P).

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ModelApple A6Apple S6Apple S9 SiP
SeriesApple Apple Apple
Series: Thunder
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 « 1 GHz2 cores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+ST2 cores
unknown cores
Apple S9 SiP1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Thunder
Apple S81.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Thunder
Apple S71.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Apple S6 « 1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Apple S9 SiP « 1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Thunder
Apple S81.8 GHz2 / 2 cores Thunder
Apple S71.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Apple S61.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock1000 MHz1800 MHz1800 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 22 / 2
Technology32 nm4 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameThunderThunder

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
55%
1 S9 +
46353 ms (54%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
87%
S6 +
1807 ms (20%)
98%
S9 +
902 ms (10%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Apple S6 → 87% n=1

Average Benchmarks Apple S9 SiP → 98% n=1

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)