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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 61 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 32 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 57 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
1,114
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 29 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,165
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A9
Apple A9 64 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
868
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A9
Apple A9 33 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,075
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9
Apple A9 25 %
Apple A9
250
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
ARM Mali-G77 MP9
979
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A9
Apple A9 27 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
172,160 pts
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
627,817 pts

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200/1300 (3)
ArchitectureA9Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Technology16 nm6 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
1.85 GHz
1x Cortex-A78
3.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Cortex-A78
2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
GPU nameApple A9ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1929 / 144
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB4 GB
Technology16 nm7 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB16 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A9MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

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