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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Mediatek MT8173 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 955 -2%

Rockchip RK3288 -2%

Apple A10 Fusion -1%

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%

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa 1%

AMD A6-7310 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 1%

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 2%

Intel Celeron N3450 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB 6%

Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 8%

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Intel Core i7-9700K 449%

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

1713 Points (39%)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909

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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 -11%

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 658 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 -4%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -3%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -2%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -1%

Samsung Exynos 7880 0%

Apple A9X

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 0%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 2%

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%

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Apple A12 Bionic 70%

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

1649 Points (35%)

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

Mediatek MT6580M

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Apple A8X -12%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 -6%

HiSilicon Kirin 658 -6%

Apple A10 Fusion -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%

Intel Celeron N3160 3%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 5%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 7%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa 8%

Samsung Exynos 7880 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 16%

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Apple A12X Bionic 185%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

min: 5268     avg: 5343.5     median: 5343.5 (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 E1-2100 -80%

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Intel Core m3-6Y30 -9%

Intel Pentium N4200 -9%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -8%

AMD Pro A12-8800B -7%

Intel Core i3-7020U -7%

AMD PRO A8-9600B -6%

AMD A10-8700P -6%

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: 3139.5 (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

Mediatek MT6580M -89%

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Intel Core i5-6200U -11%

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%

Intel Core i5-6440HQ -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 -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%

Intel Core i5-5257U 4%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 57%

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Geekbench 4.3 - 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

Mediatek Helio P60

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Intel Celeron 2970M -19%

Apple A9 -17%

Intel Core i3-6006U -16%

AMD A10-7850K -14%

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

Intel Core i5-5250U 6%

Intel Core i5-6200U 6%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 7%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 11%

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 13%

Intel Core i3-7130U 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 13%

Intel Core i7-2860QM 13%

Apple A10 Fusion 13%

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Intel Core i7-9700K 95%

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Geekbench 4.3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

5284 Points (15%)

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

Mediatek Helio P60

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 -10%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 -6%

Intel Core i3-6006U -5%

Intel Core i7-2637M -4%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 955 0%

Intel Celeron N4100 0%

Apple A9X

AMD A10-5750M 0%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 4%

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 9%

Intel Core i5-5250U 9%

Intel Pentium Silver N5000 9%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 11%

Intel Core i3-7100U 12%

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 585%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread

min: 1549.92     avg: 1559.5     median: 1559.5 (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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016

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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

Nvidia Tegra X1

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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: 1498.8     avg: 1522.6     median: 1522.6 (3%)     max: 1546.3 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

Intel Xeon W-2145 -61%

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Intel Core m5-6Y54 -13%

Intel Core i5-7500 -12%

Intel Core i5-6267U -12%

Intel Core m3-7Y30 -7%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 -6%

Intel Core i3-8130U -5%

Intel Core i7-7Y75 -4%

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U -2%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U -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 m3-6Y30 9%

Intel Core i7-4870HQ 9%

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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%

Intel Celeron 3865U -2%

AMD FX-7500 -2%

AMD PRO A8-9600B -2%

Intel Core i7-8565U -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: 19736.5 (40%)     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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB

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AMD A9-9410 -12%

Intel Core i7-4720HQ -11%

AMD PRO A12-9800B -10%

Intel Core i7-4980HQ -4%

Intel Core i3-6006U -2%

AMD A12-9700P -2%

Intel Core i7-6820HQ -2%

AMD A10-9600P -1%

Intel Core m3-6Y30 0%

Apple A9X

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 8%

Intel Core i3-7130U 8%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 11%

AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 16%

Intel Core i5-4210M 18%

Intel Core m7-6Y75 21%

Intel Core i7-4600U 21%

Intel Core i3-7100U 22%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 23%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 145%

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AnTuTu v6 - Total Score

min: 168840     avg: 176593     median: 176593 (69%)     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

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -97%

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Apple A9 -27%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -26%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 -22%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 -19%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro -16%

Apple A10 Fusion -13%

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 27%

HiSilicon Kirin 980 43%

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HiSilicon Kirin 980 43%

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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

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -99%

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Intel Atom Z3580 -41%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -40%

Apple A7 -39%

Mediatek MT6735 -35%

MediaTek MT8161 -26%

Apple A8 -26%

Mediatek MT6737 -19%

Apple A9 -18%

Apple A10 Fusion -17%

Apple A9X

Mediatek MT8165 1%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6762M 13%

Apple A8X 24%

Mediatek MT6750 28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 38%

Apple A10X Fusion 40%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 62%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 65%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V 69%

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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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