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Apple A9 vs Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | A9 | A16 |
| Technology | 16 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 5 / 5 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Twister 1.85 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| GPU name | Apple A9 | Apple A16 (4 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 16 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
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| TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Apple A9 | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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