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Apple A9 vs Nintendo Switch
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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 A9
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Nintendo Switch
43 %
8C / 8T · 1.75 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Nintendo Switch
76 %
8C / 8T · 1.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A9
64 %
Apple A9
Nintendo Switch
100 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | NVIDIA Tegra (2) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (2) |
| Architecture | A9 | Cortex-A57/-A53 |
| Technology | 16 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Twister 1.85 GHz |
4x Cortex-A57 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.00 - 1.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A9 | NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.30 - 0.77 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 2 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 5 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A9 | Nintendo Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q1/2017 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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Nintendo Switch
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