Apple A9X

The Apple A9X is a high-end ARM SoC (System on a Chip) that was announced in September 2015 in the iPad Pro. Technical details are scarce, what we know is that it is based on the third generation of Apples 64 Bit architecture (Cyclone 3) and manufactured with a "new transistor technology" (14 or 16nm FINFet probably).

The performance of the A9X did improve a lot according to Apple. The CPU part should be 1.8x faster and the GPU part even 2x faster than the already speedy Apple A8X. Apple even stated in the keynote of the iPad Pro that the performance should be "faster than 80% of portable PCs shipped in the last 12 month". Furthermore the iPad Pro now features a 2x higher memory bandwidth (DDR4?) and 2x faster storage performance. The integrated graphics card will most likely be a PowerVR design again (Power VR Series7?).

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

min: 15473     avg: 15748     median: 15748 (18%)     max: 16023 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			15473
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			16023

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -81%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 955 -2%

Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765 -2%

Rockchip RK3288 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 -1%

AMD A10 Micro-6700T -1%

Intel Celeron 3865U -1%

AMD A6-9220 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 0%

Apple A9X

Intel Atom Z3560 0%

Intel Pentium N3700 1%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 1%

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa 1%

AMD A6-7310 1%

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 2%

Intel Celeron N3450 3%

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 428%

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3DMark - Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

1713 Points (21%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			1713

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -3%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 -2%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -2%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa -2%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -1%

Samsung Exynos 7880 0%

Samsung Exynos 7904 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 0%

Apple A9X

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 3%

Nvidia Tegra K1 11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 13%

Samsung Exynos 7885 14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro 15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 21%

Apple A11 Bionic 23%

Samsung Exynos 9611 23%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 25%

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Intel Core i9-9980HK 365%

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3DMark - Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

1649 Points (32%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			1649

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -9%

Apple A10 Fusion -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 -6%

HiSilicon Kirin 658 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -1%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -1%

Intel Atom x5-Z8550 0%

Apple A9X

HiSilicon Kirin 950 0%

Samsung Exynos 7884B 1%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 2%

Intel Celeron N3160 3%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 4%

Samsung Exynos 7904 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 5%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 7%

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HiSilicon Kirin 990 211%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

min: 5268     avg: 5343.5     median: 5343 (14%)     max: 5419 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			5268
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			5419

AMD Pro A12-8800B -7%

Intel Core i3-7020U -7%

AMD PRO A8-9600B -6%

AMD A10-8700P -6%

Intel Pentium Gold 4417U -5%

Samsung Exynos 9609 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 -2%

Intel Core i5-5200U -2%

Intel Core i5-7Y54 -1%

Apple A9X

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 2%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 2%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 2%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 3%

Intel Celeron N4100 3%

AMD FX-9800P 3%

Intel Core m3-7Y30 3%

Intel Core m5-6Y54 4%

AMD PRO A12-9800B 4%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 604%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

min: 3079     avg: 3139.5     median: 3139 (64%)     max: 3200 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			3079
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			3200

Intel Core i7-5500U -9%

Intel Core i5-4258U -8%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 -8%

Intel Core i5-7Y54 -6%

Intel Core i3-7130U -5%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 -5%

Intel Core i5-6440HQ -3%

Intel Core m3-8100Y -2%

Intel Core i5-6400T 0%

Apple A9X

Intel Core i5-7200U 0%

Intel Core i7-6500U 0%

Intel Core i5-6198DU 0%

Intel Core i7-2600K 2%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 2%

Intel Core i5-6260U 2%

Intel Core i5-6300U 3%

Intel Pentium G4500T 4%

HiSilicon Kirin 990 4%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 57%

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Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

3097 Points (49%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			3097

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -86%

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Intel Core i7-6770HQ -15%

AMD FX-8350 -14%

AMD A10-7850K -14%

Intel Pentium Gold 4417U -13%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 -12%

Intel Core i7-2637M -11%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U -5%

Intel Core i3-7100U -3%

Samsung Exynos 9810 -1%

Apple A9X

Apple A10 Fusion 4%

Intel Core i5-5250U 6%

Intel Core i5-6200U 6%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 13%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 13%

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 13%

Intel Core i3-7130U 13%

Intel Core i7-2860QM 13%

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Intel Core i9-9900K 97%

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Geekbench 4.4 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

5284 Points (9%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			5284

Mediatek MT8321 -79%

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Intel Core i7-2637M -4%

Intel Core i7-6770HQ -4%

Intel Core i3-5010U -4%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 -3%

Mediatek Helio P70 -2%

Intel Pentium Gold 4417U -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 955 0%

Intel Celeron N4100 0%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 0%

Apple A9X

AMD A10-5750M 0%

Samsung Exynos 9609 1%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 1%

Mediatek MT8183 3%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 3%

Apple A10 Fusion 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 4%

Samsung Exynos 9610 6%

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Intel Core i9-9980XE 989%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread

min: 1549     avg: 1559.5     median: 1559 (53%)     max: 1569 MFLOPS

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			1549.92
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			1569

Nvidia Tegra K1 -53%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB -52%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 -50%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 -48%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -46%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -43%

Apple A7 -30%

Apple A9 -19%

Apple A8 -8%

Apple A9X

Apple A8X 56%

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Apple A8X 56%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread

855 MFLOPS (84%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			854.95

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa -55%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA -50%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -35%

Apple A7 -27%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -27%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -22%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -21%

Apple A9 -21%

Apple A8 -10%

Apple A9X

Apple A8X 19%

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Apple A8X 19%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

min: 1498     avg: 1522.6     median: 1522 (3%)     max: 1546 ms

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 9.0	1498.8
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB		Safari Mobile 9.0	1546.3

Apple A13 Bionic -62%

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U -11%

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U -11%

Intel Core m3-7Y30 -7%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 -6%

Intel Core i3-8130U -5%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U -5%

Intel Core i7-7Y75 -4%

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U -2%

Intel Core i7-8500Y -2%

Apple A9X

Intel Core i5-6200U 0%

Intel Core i3-7100U 0%

Intel Core i5-4210M 1%

Intel Core i5-5257U 3%

Intel Core i7-6600U 5%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 9%

Apple A9 9%

Intel Core i7-4870HQ 9%

Intel Core i3-7130U 10%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 3806%

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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *

181 ms (2%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 9.0	181

Intel Core i7-7740X -72%

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AMD PRO A12-9800B -6%

Intel Core i5-5250U -5%

Intel Core i5-4210Y -5%

Intel Core i9-8950HK -4%

Intel Core i3-5005U -4%

AMD A9-9425 -3%

Intel Celeron 3865U -2%

AMD FX-7500 -2%

AMD PRO A8-9600B -2%

Apple A9X

Intel Pentium 3558U 0%

Intel Core M-5Y10c 1%

Intel Core M-5Y31 1%

AMD A8-6600K 3%

Intel Core i3-8130U 3%

AMD A8-7650K 5%

Intel Core i3-4005U 5%

AMD A12-9720P 6%

Intel Core i5-3337U 7%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 4939%

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Octane V2 - Total Score

min: 19621     avg: 19736.5     median: 19736 (38%)     max: 19852 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB		Safari Mobile 9.0	19621
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB		Safari Mobile 9.0	19852

Intel Core m3-8100Y -11%

AMD PRO A12-9800B -10%

Samsung Exynos 9825 -4%

Intel Core i7-4980HQ -4%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 -3%

Intel Core i3-6006U -2%

AMD A12-9700P -2%

Intel Core i7-6820HQ -2%

AMD A10-9600P -1%

Apple A9X

Samsung Exynos 9820 2%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 8%

Intel Core i3-7130U 8%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 10%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 18%

Intel Core i5-4210M 18%

HiSilicon Kirin 990 19%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 21%

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Apple A13 Bionic 149%

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AnTuTu v6 - Total Score

min: 168840     avg: 176593     median: 176593 (60%)     max: 184346 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			168840
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			184346

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 -22%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 -18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -17%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s -17%

Apple A10 Fusion -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 -6%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) -2%

Apple A9X

HiSilicon Kirin 970 1%

Intel Core i5-7Y57 2%

Apple A11 Bionic 17%

Samsung Exynos 9810 24%

Apple A10X Fusion 26%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 28%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 42%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 45%

Samsung Exynos 9820 56%

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Samsung Exynos 9825 66%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests

min: 58793     avg: 59226     median: 59226 (8%)     max: 59659 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	2048 MB			58793
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx	4096 MB			59659

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -40%

Apple A7 -39%

Mediatek MT6735 -35%

MediaTek MT8161 -26%

Apple A8 -26%

Mediatek MT6737 -19%

Apple A9 -18%

Mediatek MT6739WW -17%

Apple A10 Fusion -17%

Apple A9X

Mediatek MT8165 1%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6761 11%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6762M 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 19%

Apple A8X 24%

Mediatek MT6750 28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 38%

Apple A10X Fusion 40%

UNISOC SC9863A 56%

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Apple A12X Bionic 1181%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Apple A9X processor

Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (Imagination A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx, 12.9")
» Apple iPad Pro Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Pro - External Review

Apple iPad Pro 9.7 (Imagination A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx, 9.7")
» Apple iPad Pro 9.7 Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Pro 9.7 - External Review

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