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Apple A9X / PowerVR Series 7XT

Imagination A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx

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.

ManufacturerImagination
PowerVR Series 7XT Series
A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx 384
A9 / PowerVR GT7600 compare 192
CodenameRogue
ArchitecturePowerVR Rogue
Pipelines384 - unified
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11_2
technology14/16 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 Pagehttp://imgtec.com/powervr/graphics/serie...
CPU in A9X / PowerVR GT7xxxGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A9X2 x 2260 MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 50084     avg: 50604     median: 50604 (8%)     max: 51124 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
4544 Points (33%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
9110 Points (21%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
3822 Points (39%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
5895 Points (23%)
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 117.1     avg: 140     median: 140.2 (1%)     max: 163.2 fps
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GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 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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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 51     avg: 65.6     median: 65.6 (7%)     max: 80.1 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
min: 33.3     avg: 34.2     median: 34.2 (9%)     max: 35.1 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen
8 fps (5%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
12.2 fps (5%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen
13.9 fps (7%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
34.7 fps (6%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
32.4 fps (7%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
13.3 fps (5%)
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 2D Graphics Tests
min: 4072     avg: 4263     median: 4263 (4%)     max: 4454 Points
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 3D Graphics Tests
min: 1174     avg: 1175     median: 1175 (3%)     max: 1176 Points
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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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

Apple iPad Pro 12.9: Apple A9X, 12.90", 0.7 kg
  Review » Apple iPad Pro Tablet Review

Apple iPad Pro 9.7: Apple A9X, 9.70", 0.4 kg
  Review » Apple iPad Pro 9.7 Tablet Review

Apple iPad Pro 12.9: Apple A9X, 12.90", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Apple iPad Pro

Apple iPad Pro 9.7: Apple A9X, 9.70", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Apple iPad Pro 9.7

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Class 3

A12Z Bionic GPU *
A12X Bionic GPU *
A14 Bionic GPU *
Adreno 660 *
Mali-G78 MP24 *
A13 Bionic GPU *
A12 Bionic GPU *
Adreno 650 *
Mali-G78 MP14 *
A11 Bionic GPU *
A10X Fusion GPU *
A9X / PowerVR GT7xxx
Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU

Class 4

A10 Fusion GPU
Mali-G77 MP11 *
Mali-G77 MP9 *
Mali-G76 MP16 *
Adreno 642 *
Adreno 640 *
Mali-G76 MP12 *
Mali-G76 MP10 *
Mali-G57 MP6 *
Mali-G57 MP5 *
Adreno 540 *
Mali-G72 MP18 *
Mali-G71 MP20 *
Mali-G72 MP12 *
Mali-G71 MP8
PowerVR GM9446
Adreno 530
PowerVR GXA6850
GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU)
A9 / PowerVR GT7600
Mali-T880 MP12
Mali-G76 MP4 *
Mali-T760 MP8
Mali-G71 MP2 *
Adreno 430
Mali-G72 MP3 *
Mali-T880 MP4
Mali-G52 MP6 *
Mali-G52 MP2 *
Mali-G52 MP2 *
Mali-T760 MP6
Mali-T880 MP2
PowerVR GX6450
Adreno 420
Adreno 620 *
Mali-G57 MP4 *
Mali-G57 MP3 *
Mali-G57 MP2 *

Class 5

Adreno 418
Adreno 619 *
Adreno 619L *
Adreno 618 *
Adreno 616 *
Mali-G51 MP4 *
Adreno 612 *
Adreno 610 *
Adreno 512 *
Adreno 510 *
Adreno 330
PowerVR G6430
PowerVR GX6250
PowerVR G6400
Mali-T628 MP6
Mali-T760 MP4
SGX554MP4
Mali-T628 MP4
Adreno 509 *
Adreno 508 *
Adreno 506 *
GE8322 / IMG8322 *
Adreno 505 *
Adreno 504 *
Mali-T860 MP2
Mali-T830 MP3
Mali-T604 MP4
GeForce Tegra 4 *
PowerVR G6200
Adreno 405 *
Mali-T830 MP2

Class 6

SGX543MP4 *
Mali-T624
Adreno 320 *
Mali-T760 MP2
PowerVR GE8320 *
PowerVR GE8300 *
PowerVR GE8100 *
Mali-T720 MP4
Mali-450 MP4
Mali-T830 MP1
SGX543MP3 *
SGX543MP2 *
SGX545
SGX544MP2 *
Mali-T720 MP2
SGX544 *
Adreno 308
Adreno 306
Adreno 305
Adreno 304
Mali-T720
GC7000UL
Adreno 302
Adreno 225 *
GC4000 *
Mali-400 MP4 *
VideoCore-IV *
Adreno 220 *
Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core
Mali-400 MP2 *
Mali-400 MP *
SGX540 *
Adreno 205 *
Adreno 203 *
GC800 *
SGX535
SGX531
SGX530
Adreno 200 *
Mali-200 *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2016-01-26)