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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Apple A9
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A9
27 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A9
16 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A9
32 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Apple A9
21 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
Apple A9
15 %
Apple A9
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A15 (2) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | A15 | A9 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A14 Bionic | Apple A8 |
| Successor | Apple A16 Bionic | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz |
2x Twister 1.85 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 1.34 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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