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Apple A9 vs Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 23 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 5 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 20 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C / 14T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 5 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C / 14T · 3.60 GHz
19,404
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 26 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C / 14T · 4.06 GHz
2,150
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 5 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C / 14T · 3.60 GHz
20,961
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9
Apple A9 2 %
Apple A9
250
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
Apple M3 Max (30 Core)
10,650

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)Apple M3 (6)
ArchitectureA9M3
Technology16 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A8Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
SuccessorApple A10 FusionApple M4 Max (14-CPU 32-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 214 / 14
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
1.85 GHz
10x Palma P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Palma E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB36.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
GPU nameApple A9Apple M3 Max (30 Core)
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192480 / 3840
Raytracing
Max. displays15
Max. GPU Memory4 GB96 GB
Technology16 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (307.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB96 GB
Memory channels13
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
TDP5 W50 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A9Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2023
Release price
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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C / 14T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

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Apple A9
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