Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

The Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT GPU is an integrated graphics card in the Apple A9X SoC which can be found in the 2015 Apple iPad Pro. At the End of 2015 it is one of the fastest GPU in ARM based tablets (next to the Nvidia Tegra X1).

According to Chipworks, the GPU offers 12 shader clusters (384 ALUs) and therefore twice as many as the A9 (6 clusters, 192 ALUs) in the iPhone 6S. Currently there is no marketing name for the 12 shader version and it seems to be a custom variant for Apple. It is manufactured in 14/16 nm (3D transistors) at TSMC and Samsung (according to rumors).

The performance of the GPU is very good and in GFXBench the results are even better than a current GeForce 940M laptop graphics card. However, the direct comparisons of different platforms should only give a rough indication on the speed. Thanks to the Metal API, the iPad is able to use the graphics hardware very efficiently.

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score 1280x720 offscreen

min: 50084     avg: 50604     median: 50604 (10%)     max: 51124 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			50084
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			51124

PowerVR SGX531 -99%

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Intel HD Graphics 510 -14%

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) -14%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -14%

Intel HD Graphics 4000 -12%

AMD Radeon R5 M320 -10%

Intel UHD Graphics 605 -9%

AMD Radeon HD 8350G -8%

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) -2%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 0%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) 1%

AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) 3%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 5%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 6%

AMD Radeon HD 8450G 9%

Intel HD Graphics 5300 10%

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU 11%

AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) 15%

Intel HD Graphics 5500 15%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) 929%

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3DMark - Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited 2560x1440

4544 Points (34%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			4544

Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600 -40%

ARM Mali-G72 MP12 -29%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 -26%

NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU -26%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 -25%

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 -22%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -20%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -12%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 -7%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 0%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 2%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 3%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 27%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 39%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 56%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 62%

ARM Mali-G77 MP11 70%

Apple A12 Bionic GPU 72%

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Apple A12X Bionic GPU 196%

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

9110 Points (32%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			9110

Qualcomm Adreno 530 -51%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -49%

Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600 -48%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 -44%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 -41%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 -35%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -33%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 -16%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 -13%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Qualcomm Adreno 640 8%

ARM Mali-G77 MP11 11%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 33%

Qualcomm Adreno 650 38%

Apple A12 Bionic GPU 51%

Apple A13 Bionic GPU 109%

Apple A12X Bionic GPU 216%

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Apple A12X Bionic GPU 216%

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

3822 Points (47%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			3822

Qualcomm Adreno 530 -32%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -31%

NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU -28%

ARM Mali-G72 MP12 -25%

Apple A11 Bionic GPU -24%

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 -20%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 -11%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -5%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 -1%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 0%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 19%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 20%

Apple A12 Bionic GPU 21%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 26%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 56%

Apple A13 Bionic GPU 58%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 67%

ARM Mali-G77 MP11 88%

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Qualcomm Adreno 650 110%

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

5895 Points (63%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			5895

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 -44%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -42%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 -40%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 -32%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -32%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 -28%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 -8%

Apple A12 Bionic GPU -8%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 -5%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 6%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 13%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 18%

Apple A13 Bionic GPU 40%

ARM Mali-G77 MP11 50%

Qualcomm Adreno 650 59%

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Qualcomm Adreno 650 59%

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080

min: 117.1     avg: 140     median: 140.2 (1%)     max: 163.2 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			117.1
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			163.2

PowerVR SGX531 -100%

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NVIDIA GeForce 930MX -11%

AMD Radeon R7 M270 -11%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M -9%

AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) -9%

AMD Radeon R7 M260X -8%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -8%

NVIDIA Quadro M500M -7%

NVIDIA GeForce MX110 -7%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 -1%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 1%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 6%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 8%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 9%

Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 13%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 13%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000) 18%

Apple A11 Bionic GPU 21%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 22%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 891%

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T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16

min: 59.3     avg: 59.4     median: 59.4 (2%)     max: 59.4 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			59.3
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			59.4

PowerVR SGX531 -98%

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ARM Mali-G76 MP10 -1%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -1%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 -1%

Intel HD Graphics 4400 -1%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR -1%

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 -1%

AMD Radeon HD 8650G -1%

AMD Radeon HD 7660D -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 0%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

AMD Radeon Pro 560 0%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X 0%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 0%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 0%

AMD Radeon RX 640 1%

Apple A13 Bionic GPU 1%

AMD Radeon Pro 455 1%

AMD Radeon R7 M360 1%

AMD Radeon R9 Fury 1%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 833%

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Offscreen OGL off screen

min: 51     avg: 65.6     median: 65.6 (10%)     max: 80.1 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			51
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			80.1

Intel UHD Graphics 620 -11%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -10%

NVIDIA Quadro K620M -8%

NVIDIA GeForce 930M -8%

Intel HD Graphics 530 -8%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X -5%

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX -4%

Intel HD Graphics 510 -2%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M 0%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX 2%

NVIDIA Quadro M500M 4%

AMD Radeon Pro 560 7%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 7%

NVIDIA GeForce MX110 10%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 11%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 11%

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 12%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 13%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 731%

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GFXBench 3.0 - Manhattan Onscreen OGL on screen

min: 33.3     avg: 34.2     median: 34.2 (9%)     max: 35.1 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			33.3
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			35.1

Intel HD Graphics 5000 -12%

Intel HD Graphics 5500 -11%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 -11%

Intel UHD Graphics 615 -10%

Intel UHD Graphics 605 -9%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X -9%

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) -5%

Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) -4%

AMD Radeon R9 Fury -1%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

AMD Radeon R9 M375 1%

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX 3%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 4%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 8%

AMD Radeon R7 M260X 8%

AMD Radeon RX 640 14%

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 14%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 17%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 967%

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GFXBench - Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen

8 fps (5%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB		Metal	8

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -44%

Qualcomm Adreno 512 -39%

ARM Mali-G72 MP3 -36%

Qualcomm Adreno 610 -33%

PowerVR GXA6850 -24%

Intel HD Graphics 500 -21%

Intel UHD Graphics 600 -21%

ARM Mali-G76 MP4 -15%

Qualcomm Adreno 616 -11%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Qualcomm Adreno 530 8%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 11%

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 17%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 24%

Intel UHD Graphics 615 38%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 38%

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) 41%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR 54%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 61%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 1863%

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GFXBench - Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen 2560x1440

12.2 fps (5%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB		Metal	12.2

Qualcomm Adreno 618 -41%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 -31%

ARM Mali-G72 MP12 -30%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 -21%

Intel UHD Graphics 620 -19%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -11%

ARM Mali-G76 MP4 -10%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -10%

AMD Radeon 530 -2%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Apple A11 Bionic GPU 1%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 7%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 12%

NVIDIA GeForce MX110 22%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 28%

Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 34%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 41%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 46%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 56%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 1269%

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GFXBench - Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen

13.9 fps (7%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB		Metal	13.9

Qualcomm Adreno 512 -42%

Qualcomm Adreno 612 -40%

ARM Mali-G72 MP3 -38%

Qualcomm Adreno 610 -36%

Intel UHD Graphics 600 -33%

PowerVR GXA6850 -32%

Intel HD Graphics 500 -28%

Qualcomm Adreno 616 -15%

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 -3%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Qualcomm Adreno 530 10%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 14%

Intel UHD Graphics 615 15%

Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 22%

ARM Mali-G76 MP4 22%

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) 23%

ARM Mali-G72 MP12 42%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR 44%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 50%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q 1317%

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GFXBench - Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen 1920x1080

34.7 fps (6%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB		Metal	34.7

ARM Mali-G72 MP12 -41%

Qualcomm Adreno 620 -34%

Qualcomm Adreno 540 -26%

Intel UHD Graphics 620 -25%

Apple A11 Bionic GPU -20%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR -14%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -11%

AMD Radeon 530 -10%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 -4%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Qualcomm Adreno 630 1%

NVIDIA GeForce MX110 14%

Qualcomm Adreno 640 16%

Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 22%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 26%

ARM Mali-G76 MP16 41%

Qualcomm Adreno 650 53%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 56%

Apple A12 Bionic GPU 57%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 1119%

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GFXBench - Car Chase Offscreen off screen

32.4 fps (7%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			32.4

AMD Radeon 530 -15%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 -13%

NVIDIA GeForce 920M -11%

ARM Mali-G76 MP10 -11%

NVIDIA Quadro M500M -11%

Intel UHD Graphics 620 -8%

Apple A11 Bionic GPU -2%

Intel HD Graphics 630 -2%

AMD Radeon RX 540 -2%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 1%

Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 2%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 2%

Qualcomm Adreno 630 3%

ARM Mali-G76 MP12 10%

Intel HD Graphics 510 11%

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX 12%

NVIDIA GeForce MX110 13%

NVIDIA GeForce 940M 17%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Laptop) 1088%

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GFXBench - Car Chase Onscreen on screen

13.3 fps (5%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			13.3

Intel UHD Graphics 600 -37%

Qualcomm Adreno 512 -36%

Intel HD Graphics 500 -34%

Qualcomm Adreno 616 -15%

NVIDIA Quadro M520 -13%

ARM Mali-G71 MP8 -10%

Intel HD Graphics 515 -7%

NVIDIA Quadro M500M -7%

ARM Mali-G71 MP20 -2%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

ARM Mali-G76 MP4 5%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 8%

Qualcomm Adreno 618 10%

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) 12%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 17%

Intel HD Graphics 505 25%

ARM Mali-G72 MP18 28%

Intel UHD Graphics 615 32%

Apple A10 Fusion GPU / PowerVR 34%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 1892%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 2D Graphics Tests

min: 4072     avg: 4263     median: 4263 (20%)     max: 4454 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			4072
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			4454

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -94%

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ARM Mali-T830 MP2 -13%

PowerVR G6400 -12%

ARM Mali-T760 MP2 -9%

Qualcomm Adreno 504 -9%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -7%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) -5%

PowerVR G6200 -5%

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 -2%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

ARM Mali-G71 MP2 7%

Qualcomm Adreno 418 11%

Apple A9 / PowerVR GT7600 13%

Qualcomm Adreno 430 16%

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 18%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 21%

NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU 22%

NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU 28%

Qualcomm Adreno 530 29%

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Apple A13 Bionic GPU 366%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - 3D Graphics Tests

min: 1174     avg: 1175     median: 1175 (19%)     max: 1176 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad Pro 12.9	A9X	4096 MB			1174
Apple iPad Pro 9.7	A9X	2048 MB			1176

PowerVR GE8100 -82%

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PowerVR G6200 -15%

Apple A12X Bionic GPU -13%

ARM Mali-T624 -9%

ARM Mali-450 MP4 -9%

ARM Mali-T880 MP2 -8%

PowerVR G6400 -7%

PowerVR SGX544MP2 -4%

PowerVR GXA6850 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 -1%

Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

ARM Mali-T830 MP2 1%

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR 1%

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 3%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) 6%

ARM Mali-T760 MP2 9%

Qualcomm Adreno 330 13%

PowerVR G6430 16%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 17%

ARM Mali-G71 MP2 23%

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ARM Mali-G76 MP12 437%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Notebook reviews with Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT graphics card

Apple iPad Pro 12.9: Apple A9X, 12.9", 0.7 kg
  Review » Apple iPad Pro Tablet Review

Apple iPad Pro 9.7: Apple A9X, 9.7", 0.4 kg
  Review » Apple iPad Pro 9.7 Tablet Review

Apple iPad Pro 12.9: Apple A9X, 12.9", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Apple iPad Pro

Apple iPad Pro 9.7: Apple A9X, 9.7", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Apple iPad Pro 9.7